The effect of researchers' interdisciplinary characteristics on team innovation performance: Evidence from university R&D teams in China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2488-2502

  Jin, Linlin ^a   Sun, Haifa ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Innovation performance; Interdisciplinary; Knowledge management; R D team

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049317304     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.516599     Document Type: Article

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