External learning activities and team performance: A multimethod field study

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-96

  Bresman, Henrik ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Multimethod research; Team learning; Team performance; Vicarious learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953720130     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0413     Document Type: Article

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