Team boundary spanning: A multilevel review of past research and proposals for the future

Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 911-940

  Marrone, Jennifer A ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Albers Sch Bus Econ Seattle U   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Group processes; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953510742     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309353945     Document Type: Review

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