Using sociometry to predict team performance in the work place

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-32

  Lucius, Randall H ^a   Kuhnert, Karl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0346510996     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989709603501     Document Type: Article

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