The role of concrescent conversation in the performing stage of work groups

Team Performance Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 51-62

  Akan, Obasi Haki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation; Productivity rate; Team performance; Teambuilding

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944387629     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590510584320     Document Type: Article

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