The moderating role of top management team interdependence: Implications for real teams and working groups

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 544-557

  Barrick, Murray R ^a   Bradley, Bret H ^b   Kristof Brown, Amy L ^b   Colbert, Amy E ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 34547209399     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.25525781     Document Type: Article

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