Respect as an engine for new ideas: Linking respectful engagement, relational information processing and creativity among employees and teams

Human Relations

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1021-1047

  Carmeli, Abraham ^a   Dutton, Jane E ^b   Hardin, Ashley E ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

creativity; high quality work relationships; relational information processing; respect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930356413     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726714550256     Document Type: Article

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