Talking about time: Effects of temporal planning and time awareness norms on group coordination and performance

Group Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-134

  Janicik, Gregory A ^a   Bartel, Caroline A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; ROLE PLAYING; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038507508     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.7.2.122     Document Type: Article

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