Briefing-debriefing: Using a reflexive organizational learning model from the military to enhance the performance of surgical teams

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-142

  Vashdi, Dana R ^a   Bamberger, Peter A ^a   Erez, Miriam ^a,b,c,d,e   Weiss Meilik, Ahuva ^f  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

^d Academy of Management

^e Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology ^*  (Germany)

^f SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 33947397572     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20148     Document Type: Article

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