Many cheers make light the work: How social support triggers process gains in teams

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-204

  Hüffmeier, Joachim ^a   Hertel, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Team performance; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952781926     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941111112631     Document Type: Article

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