Group personality composition and group effectiveness an integrative review of empirical research

Small Group Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-105

  Halfhill, Terry ^a,e   Sundstrom, Eric ^b   Lahner, Jessica ^c   Calderone, Wilma ^c   Nielsen, Tjai M ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group personality composition; Personality; Work groups; Work teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444310934     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404268538     Document Type: Review

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