Teams and their context: Moving the team discussion beyond existing dichotomies

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 609-628

  Benders, Jos ^a   Van Hootegem, Geert ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039613993     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00151     Document Type: Article

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