Dealing with the unexpected: Critical incidents in the LEGO Mindstorms team

Human Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1057-1082

  Oliver, David ^a   Roos, Johan ^a  

^a Imagination Lab Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Critical incidents; Guiding principles; High velocity; Identity; Presence; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347527107     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726703569002     Document Type: Article

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