Teamwork: A case study on development and performance

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-201

  Kuipers, Ben S ^a   de Witte, Marco C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business performance; Empirical study; Quality of working life; Team development; Team performance; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944255639     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000311390     Document Type: Article

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