The effects of team training on team outcomes: A meta-analysis

Performance Improvement Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 53-80

  Delise, Lisa A ^a   Gorman, C Allen ^b   Brooks, Abby M ^c   Rentsch, Joan R ^a   Steele Johnson, Debra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76349113164     PISSN: 08985952     EISSN: 19378327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/piq.20068     Document Type: Article

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