Mood and creativity research: The view from a conceptual organizing perspective

Affect, Creative Experience, and Psychological Adjustment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 19-39

  Vosburg, Suzanne ^a,b   Kaufmann, Geir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

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EID: 85069321985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315784557-12     Document Type: Chapter

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