Specialist or generalist: Views from academia and industry

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 946-954

  Schelfhaudt, Kristin ^a   Crittenden, Victoria L ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross functional integration; Generalist; Specialist; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144253716     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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