The team halo effect: Why teams are not blamed for their failures

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 332-340

  Naquin, Charles E ^a   Tynan, Renee O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037396148     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.2.332     Document Type: Article

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