Teams as substitutes for leadership

Team Performance Management

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 244-258

  Huusko, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employment legislation; Finland; Leadership; Line managers; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848957918     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590710842556     Document Type: Article

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