Fashion with a foreign flair: Professional experiences abroad facilitate the creative innovations of organizations

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 195-220

  Godart, Frédéric C ^a   Maddux, William W ^a   Shipilov, Andrew V ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^b  

^a INSEAD   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

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EID: 84923829125     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0575     Document Type: Article

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