Achieving desirable group-work outcomes through the group allocation process

Team Performance Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 22-38

  Kelly, Phil ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group work; Multicultural societies; Overseas students

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749141081     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590810860186     Document Type: Article

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