Thematic Thinking and Individual Performance in Research and Development

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 939-953

  Froehlich, Julia K ^a   Hoegl, Martin ^a   Weiss, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; SERVICE INDUSTRY;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; FEATURE-BASED SIMILARITIES; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84943199268     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12210     Document Type: Article

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