Group regulating interventions and team performance: A theoretical model;Les interventions régulatrices groupales et le rendement des équipes de travail: Un modèle théorique

Travail Humain

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-294

  Aube, C ^a   Rousseau, V ^b   Savoie, A ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co operation; Effort; Feedback; Goal; Interdependence; Performance; Reward; Strategy; Work team

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748966113     PISSN: 00411868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/th.693.0269     Document Type: Review

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