Identifying group task satisfaction at work

Small Group Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-442

  Mason, Claire M ^a   Griffin, Mark A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ggroup level; Group task satisfaction; Satisfaction; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042206524     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496403252153     Document Type: Article

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