Effects of team goal interdependence on newcomer socialization: An experiment in China

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 198-214

  Chen, Nancy Yi Feng ^a   Lu, Jia Fang ^a   Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Lin, Chengtao ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 37549000238     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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