A social-structural perspective on employee-organization relationships and team creativity

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 869-891

  Jia, Liangding ^a   Shaw, Jason D ^b   Tsui, Anne S ^c,d,e,f   Park, Tae Youn ^g  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903576643     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0147     Document Type: Article

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