Five strategies for improving group effectiveness

Strategic Change

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-114

  McFadzean, Elspeth ^a   O'Loughlin, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 26844441391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1697(200003/04)9:2<103::AID-JSC466>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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