Building the Infrastructure: The Effects of Role Identification Behaviors on Team Cognition Development and Performance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-200

  Pearsall, Matthew J ^a   Ellis, Aleksander P J ^b   Bell, Bradford S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

mental models; team development; transactive memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COOPERATION; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; MEMORY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 76449088586     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017781     Document Type: Article

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