The Contributions of Different Groups of Individuals to Employees’ Creativity

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-206

  Madjar, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

creativity; information; support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990317207     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422305274525     Document Type: Article

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