Competencies for virtual teamwork: Development and validation of a web-based selection tool for members of distributed teams

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-504

  Hertel, Guido ^a   Konradt, Udo ^b   Voss, Katrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 33751088024     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320600908187     Document Type: Article

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