Team structure and performance: Assessing the mediating role of intrateam process and the moderating role of task type

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-148

  Stewart, Greg L ^a   Barrick, Murray R ^a  

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EID: 0034340864     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1556372     Document Type: Article

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