Personality and teamwork behavior in context: The cross-level moderating role of collective efficacy

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-85

  Tasa, Kevin ^a   Sears, Greg J ^b   Schat, Aaron C H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78650460768     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.680     Document Type: Article

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