Fostering individual creativity through organizational context: A review of recent research and recommendations for organizational leaders

Handbook of Organizational Creativity

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 271-291

  Agars, Mark D ^a   Kaufman, James C ^a   Deane, Amanda ^a   Smith, Blakely ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Culture; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882825499     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374714-3.00012-4     Document Type: Chapter

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