An exploratory analysis of information use by innovative, productive, and non-productive scientists and engineers

Authors
Kasperson, Conrad J.
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Krull, Robert, 1947-
Barnett, George A.
Steger, Joseph A.
Madden, Joseph M.
Issue Date
1976-12
Keywords
Communication and rhetoric
Degree
PhD
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Abstract
Research on creativity as a personality trait appears to have dubious merit due to the number and variety of traits studied and the suspect nature of many of the instruments which purport to measure individual creativity. Studies of the environment within which the individual functions conclude with the idea that the environment can inhibit creative behavior, but it cannot cause it to occur. The root of the problem is an apparent difficulty in defining just what creativity is.
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December 1976
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Dept. of Communication and Media
Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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Rensselaer Theses and Dissertations Online Collection
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