Power asymmetry and learning in teams: The moderating role of performance feedback

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-361

  Van der Vegt, Gerben S ^a   de Jong, Simon B ^a   Bunderson, J Stuart ^b   Molleman, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Field study; Learning; Performance feedback; Power asymmetry; Task dependence; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957007895     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0452     Document Type: Article

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