The impact of team-member exchange, differentiation, team commitment, and knowledge sharing on R&D project team performance

R and D Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-287

  Liu, Yuwen ^a   Keller, Robert T ^b   Shih, Hsi An ^c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 79956327208     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2011.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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