Suboptimal assessment of interunit task interdependence: Modes of integration and information processing for coordination performance

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-261

  Sherman, J Daniel ^a   Keller, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Integration; Interdependence; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851505546     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0506     Document Type: Article

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