Examining team planning through an episodic lens: Effects of deliberate, contingency, and reactive planning on team effectiveness

Small Group Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 542-568

  DeChurch, Leslie A ^a,c   Haas, Craig D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HOGAN ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Deliberate planning; Reactive strategy adjustment; Team effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149086035     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496408320048     Document Type: Article

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