Structural versus individual perspectives on the dynamics of group perfomance: Theoretical exploration and empirical investigation

Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-380

  Lin, Zhiang ^a   Yang, Haibin ^a   Arya, Bindu ^a   Huang, Zhi ^b   Li, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group dynamics; Group performance; Group structures; Individual perspective; Individual based attributes; Structural perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244466280     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206304272150     Document Type: Review

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