Choosing Work Group Members: Balancing Similarity, Competence, and Familiarity

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 226-251

  Hinds, Pamela J ^a   Carley, Kathleen M ^b   Krackhardt, David ^b   Wholey, Doug ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0012797527     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1999.2875     Document Type: Article

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