What goes around comes around: Knowledge hiding, perceived motivational climate, and creativity

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-192

  Černe, Matej ^a   Nerstad, Christina G L ^b   Dysvik, Anders ^b   Škerlavaj, Miha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

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EID: 84900445334     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0122     Document Type: Article

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