Managing in polychronic times:Exploring individual creativity and performance in intellectually intensive venues

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 358-373

  Persing, D Lynne ^a  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Creativity; Polychronicity; R D; Time; Time management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097631     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949910277111     Document Type: Article

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