Autonomy and teamwork in innovative projects

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-79

  Hoegl, Martin ^a,b   Parboteeah, K Praveen ^c  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b Department of Leadership and Human Resource Management ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

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EID: 33645163885     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20092     Document Type: Article

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