Teams in organizations: A review on team effectiveness

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 7-21

  Delgado Piña, María Isabel ^a   Romero Martínez, Ana María ^a   Gómez Martínez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749105233     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590810860177     Document Type: Review

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