Team composition, cognition, and effectiveness: Examining mental model similarity and accuracy

Group Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-191

  Resick, Christian J ^a   Dickson, Marcus W ^b   Mitchelson, Jacqueline K ^c   Allison, Leslie K ^b   Clark, Malissa A ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Shared cognition; Team composition; Team mental models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954152514     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018444     Document Type: Article

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