Team familiarity, role experience, and performance: Evidence from Indian software services

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-100

  Huckman, Robert S ^a   Staats, Bradley R ^a   Upton, David M ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Experience; Learning; Performance; Teams

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SOFTWARE SERVICES; TEAM LEARNING; TEAM MEMBERS; TEAM PERFORMANCE; TEAMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 67650096326     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0921     Document Type: Article

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