Asymmetry in structural adaptation: The differential impact of centralizing versus decentralizing team decision-making structures

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-74

  Hollenbeck, John R ^a   Ellis, Aleksander P J ^b   Humphrey, Stephen E ^c   Garza, Adela S ^a   Ilgen, Daniel R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Structure; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449307670     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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