Routines and creativity: From dualism to duality

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 739-758

  Sonenshein, Scott ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Creativity; Routines

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003845368     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ORSC.2016.1044     Document Type: Article

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