Unleashing angst: Negative mood, learning goal orientation, psychological empowerment and creative behaviour

Human Relations

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1601-1622

  To, March L ^a   Fisher, Cynthia D ^b   Ashkanasy, Neal M ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

creativity; learning goal orientation; negative mood; psychological empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938958712     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726714562235     Document Type: Article

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