Integrating knowledge in groups: How formal interventions enable flexibility

Organization Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Okhuysen, Gerardo A ^a   Eisenhardt, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Flexibility; Groups; Knowledge; Problem Solving; Structure; Time Pacing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036638661     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.4.370.2947     Document Type: Review

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