The contexts of knowing: Natural history of a globally distributed team

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 547-587

  Baba, Marietta L ^a   Gluesing, Julia ^b   Ratner, Hilary ^b,c   Wagner, Kimberly H ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 10944270747     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.259     Document Type: Review

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