Task structure, need for structure, and creativity

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 386-399

  Rietzschel, Eric F ^a   Slijkhuis, J Marjette ^b   Van Yperen, Nico W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84902077216     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2024     Document Type: Article

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