Formal Participation and Performance of the System Development Group: The Role of Group Heterogeneity and Group-Based Rewards

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Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 25-40

  Aladwani, Adel M ^a   Rai, Arun ^b   Ramaprasad, Arkalgud ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And group based rewards; Formal participation; Group heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037501735     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/506760.506763     Document Type: Article

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