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Original Articles

How to get radical creative ideas into a leader’s mind? Leader’s achievement goals and subordinates’ voice of creative ideas

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Pages 279-296 | Received 26 Mar 2013, Accepted 04 Feb 2014, Published online: 04 Mar 2014

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