Team composition

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1019-1039

  Mello, Antonio S ^a   Ruckes, Martin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33646858593     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500668     Document Type: Review

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