Teamwork in integrated design projects: Understanding the effects of trust, conflict, and collaboration on performance

Project Management Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 78-91

  Chiocchio, François ^a   Forgues, Daniel ^b   Paradis, David ^a   Iordanova, Ivanka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

collaboration; conflict; IRNOP 2011; projects; teamwork; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755177714     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.20268     Document Type: Article

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