In search of perfect people: Teamwork and team players in the Scottish spirits industry

Human Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1549-1574

  Findlay, Patricia ^a   McKinlay, Alan ^b   Marks, Abigail ^c   Thompson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate socialization; Governance; Normative integration; Self socialization; Team dimensions model; Team players; Teamwork; Technical competencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039619835     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00187267005312002     Document Type: Article

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