The Group Dynamics Q-Sort in Organizational Research: A New Method for Studying Familiar Problems

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-139

  Peterson, Randall S ^b   Owens, Pamela D ^a   Martorana, Paul V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0141885901     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109442819922001     Document Type: Article

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