Managing from the boundary: The effective leadership of self-managing work teams

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-457

  Druskat, Vanessa Urch ^a,b   Wheeler, Jane V ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141792441     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30040637     Document Type: Article

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