Team Learning: Collectively Connecting the Dots

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 821-835

  Ellis, Aleksander P J ^a   Hollenbeck, John R ^b   Ilgen, Daniel R ^b   Porter, Christopher O L H ^c   West, Bradley J ^b   Moon, Henry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PERSONALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141976714     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.5.821     Document Type: Article

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