Encouraging creative thinking

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 374-383

  Mcfadzean, Elspeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Paradigms; Problem solving; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132593     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739910302533     Document Type: Article

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