Interdependence and Controversy in Group Decision Making: Antecedents to Effective Self-Managing Teams

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-52

  Alper, Steve ^c   Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Law, Kenneth S ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

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EID: 0002547623     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1998.2748     Document Type: Article

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