Proactively performing teams: The role of work design, transformational leadership, and team composition

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-324

  Williams, Helen M ^a   Parker, Sharon K ^b   Turner, Nick ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 77954293491     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317910X502494     Document Type: Article

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