Extending the faultline model to geographically dispersed teams: How colocated subgroups can impair group functioning

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 679-692

  Polzer, Jeffrey T ^a   Crisp, C Brad ^b   Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L ^c   Kim, Jerry W ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 33749004300     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2006.22083024     Document Type: Article

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