The relationship between expertise diversity and team innovation: The moderating effect of task interdependence and task flexibility;De relatie tussen expertisediversiteit en teaminnovativiteit: De modererende werking van taakafhankelijkheid en taakflexibiliteit

Gedrag en Organisatie

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-183

  van der Vegt, Gerben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation; Multidisciplinary teams; Task flexibility; Task interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052455659     PISSN: 09215077     EISSN: 18757235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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