Boundary activities in 'boundaryless' organizations: A case study of a transformation to a team-based structure

Human Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 841-868

  Cross, Robert L ^a   Yan, Aimin ^a   Louis, Meryl Reis ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Case study; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040141827     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726700536004     Document Type: Article

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