Organizing the Cat? Generative Aspects of Curiosity in Organizational Life

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Harrison, Spencer ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Cue labeling; Curiosity; Curiosity organizing; Diversive curiosity; Learning; Problems; Puzzles; Specific curiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925003987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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