Creativity and innovation implementation in work groups: The paradoxical role of demands

Creativity and Innovation in Organizational Teams

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-159

  West, Michael A ^a   Sacramento, Claudia A ^a   Fay, Doris ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410615732     Document Type: Chapter

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