Creativity in organizations: Importance and approaches

Handbook of Organizational Creativity

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-16

  Mumford, Michael D ^a   Hester, Kimberly S ^a   Robledo, Issac C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Innovation; Multi Level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882874328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374714-3.00001-X     Document Type: Chapter

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