Evidence of structure-specific teamwork requirements and implications for team design

Small Group Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 507-535

  Lafond, Daniel ^a   Jobidon, Marie Eve ^b   Aubé, Caroline ^c   Tremblay, Sébastien ^d  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

collaboration; division of labor; team structure; teamwork requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052866411     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496410397617     Document Type: Article

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