Information technology, human relations and knowledge work teams

Team Performance Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 104-112

  Pyöriä, Pasi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communication; Knowledge economy; Organizational culture; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744434801     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590510606307     Document Type: Review

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