Divided loyalties: Determinants of identification in interorganizational teams

Small Group Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 727-751

  Rockmann, Kevin W ^a   Pratt, Michael G ^b   Northcraft, Gregory B ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fault line; Identification; Interorganizational teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048942977     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496407304924     Document Type: Article

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