Informal contacts and performance in innovation teams

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-528

  Kratzer, J ^a   Leenders, Roger Th A J ^a   Van Engelen, Jo M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation; Social networks; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844487826     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720510625430     Document Type: Article

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