Multinational organization context: Implications for team learning and performance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-518

  Zellmer Bruhn, Mary ^a,c   Gibson, Cristina ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33745700921     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2006.21794668     Document Type: Article

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