Perceptions of turning points and dialectical interpretations in organizational team development

Small Group Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-58

  Erbert, Larry A ^a   Mearns, Gerri M ^a   Dena, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialectics; Organizational teams; Retrospective interviews; Turning points

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444266363     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404266774     Document Type: Article

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