Constraints that help or hinder creative performance: A motivational approach

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-206

  Roskes, Marieke ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84928992481     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12086     Document Type: Article

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