Transactive Memory Systems

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-394

  Peltokorpi, Vesa ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

group cognition; transactive memory; transactive memory system

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649167507     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.12.4.378     Document Type: Article

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