What Determines High-and Low-Performing Groups?. The Superstar Effect

Journal of Advanced Academics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-529

  Nihalani, Priya K ^a   Wilson, Hope E ^b   Thomas, Gregory ^c   Robinson, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Austin State Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 81255181067     PISSN: 1932202X     EISSN: 21629536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1932202X1002100306     Document Type: Article

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