The Chinese version of the revised creativity domain questionnaire (CDQ-R): First evidence for its factorial validity and systematic association with the big five

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 254-275

  Werner, Christian H ^a   Tang, Min ^a   Kruse, Joachim ^a   Kaufman, James C ^b   Spörrle, Matthias ^a  

^a University of Applied Management (UAM)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Creativity Domain Questionnaire; creativity self report instrument; foreign language translation; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912025248     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: 21626057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jocb.51     Document Type: Article

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