Project goals, team performance, and shared understanding

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 7-12

  McComb, Sara Ann ^a   Green, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS GOAL ACHIEVEMENTS; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

BENCHMARKING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033185207     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.1999.11415033     Document Type: Article

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