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What Is the Fundamental? The Role of Cognition in Creativity and Innovation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Michael D. Mumford*
Affiliation:
The University of Oklahoma
Samuel T. Hunter
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
Cristina L. Byrne
Affiliation:
The University of Oklahoma
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: Department of Psychology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019

Abstract

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2009 

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Footnotes

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Department of Psychology, The University of Oklahoma

**

Department of Psychology, Penn State University

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