Member Status and Information Exchange in Decision-Making Groups

Research on Managing Groups and Teams

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages 143-168

  Wittenbaum, Gwen M ^a   Bowman, Jonathan M ^a  

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EID: 33645878294     PISSN: 15340856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-0856(05)07007-6     Document Type: Review

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