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8 - Rethinking the Multicultural Experiences–Creativity Link

The Interactive Perspective on Environmental Variability and Dispositional Plasticity

from Part I - Process and Structure of the Creative Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2017

By
Jen-Ho Chang ,
Jenny C. Su  and
Hsueh-Chih Chen
Edited by
Gregory J. Feist ,
Roni Reiter-Palmon  and
James C. Kaufman
Gregory J. Feist
Affiliation:
San José State University, California
Roni Reiter-Palmon
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Omaha
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
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The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research , pp. 124 - 139
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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