Climate for work group creativity and innovation: Norwegian validation of the team climate inventory (TCI)

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 383-392

  Mathisen, Gro Ellen ^a   Einarsen, Ståle ^a,b   Jørstad, Kari ^c   Brønnick, Kolbjørn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Human Factors ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; Creativity; Innovation; Teams; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; CREATIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK; WORKPLACE;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CREATIVENESS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 8644227620     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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