Transnational teams in the electronic age: Are team identity and high performance at risk?

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2002, Pages 455-467

  Shapiro, Debra L ^a   Furst, Stacie A ^a   Spreitzer, Gretchen M ^c   Von Glinow, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c McColl Building ^*

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EID: 0036251910     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.149     Document Type: Article

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