Distributed Team Performance: A Multi-Level Review of Distribution, Demography, and Decision Making

Research in Multi-Level Issues

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 11-58

  Stagl, Kevin C ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^a   Rosen, Michael A ^a   Priest, Heather A ^a   Shawn Burke, C ^a   Goodwin, Gerald F ^a   Johnston, Joan H ^a  

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EID: 34249887908     PISSN: 14759144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1475-9144(07)06001-8     Document Type: Review

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