Putting first things first: Outcome and process focus in knowledge work teams

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-452

  Woolley, Anita Williams ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67749085947     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.578     Document Type: Article

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