Information sharing and group efficacy influences on communication and decision quality

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 509-528

  Lam, Simon S K ^a   Schaubroeck, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Group efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960592107     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-009-9183-y     Document Type: Article

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