Motivating innovation in schools: School principals’ work engagement as a motivator for schools’ innovation

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 505-517

  Koch, Anna R ^a   Binnewies, Carmen ^a   Dormann, Christian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creativity; Idea generation; Innovation; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929607050     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.958471     Document Type: Article

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