The timing of adaptive group responses to nonroutine events

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-137

  Waller, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0033241818     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/257088     Document Type: Article

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