Cross-understanding: Implications for group cognition and performance

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-26

  Huber, George P ^a   Lewis, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 71949103814     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2010.45577787     Document Type: Article

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