Using narratives to study task group effectiveness

Small Group Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 573-591

  Hirokawa, Randy Y ^a   Degooyer, Daniel ^b   Valde, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034287059     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104649640003100504     Document Type: Article

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