Relating member ability and personality to work-team processes and team effectiveness

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 377-391

  Barrick, Murray R ^a   Neubert, Mitchell J ^b   Mount, Michael K ^b   Stewart, Greg L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041169480     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.3.377     Document Type: Article

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