Cohesiveness within teamwork: The relationship to performance effectiveness - case study

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-106

  Al Rawi, Khalid ^a  

^a AL AIN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Leadership; Performance levels; Team working; Trust; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949589320     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537980810890284     Document Type: Article

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