Coping with challenge and hindrance stressors in teams: Behavioral, cognitive, and affective outcomes

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-28

  Pearsall, Matthew J ^a   Ellis, Aleksander P J ^b   Stein, Jordan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Stress; Teams; Transactive memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249147797     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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