What do groups learn from their worldliest members? Direct and indirect influence in dynamic teams

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-59

  Gruenfeld, Deborah H ^a   Martorana, Paul V ^a   Fan, Elliott T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011137868     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2886     Document Type: Article

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