Contributions of psychodynamic theories to understanding small groups

Small Group Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-361

  McLeod, Poppy Lauretta ^a,c   Kettner Polley, Richard B ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Colorado Technical University ^*  (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field theory; NTL; Psychodynamic; Sociometry; Tavistock

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542512443     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496404264973     Document Type: Review

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