Vacation from work: A 'ticket to creativity'?. The effects of recreational travel on cognitive flexibility and originality.

Tourism Management

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-171

  De Bloom, Jessica ^a,b   Ritter, Simone ^a   Kühnel, Jana ^c   Reinders, Jennifer ^a   Geurts, Sabine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creativity; Flexibility; Holiday; Innovation; Originality; Travel; Vacation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 84938267971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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