The 'work group': Redressing the balance in Bion's experiences in groups

Human Relations

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1859-1878

  French, Robert B ^a   Simpson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basic assumption group; Bion; emotion in organizations; group conflict; work group

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650260447     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710365091     Document Type: Article

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