Group development across time reality or illusion?

Small Group Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-245

  Wheelan, Susan A ^a   Davidson, Barbara ^c   Tilin, Felice ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Group development; Group life cycle; Group stage theory; Work teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037275544     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496403251608     Document Type: Article

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