Beyond team types and taxonomies: A dimensional scaling conceptualization for team description

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-106

  Hollenbeck, John R ^a   Beersma, Bianca ^b   Schouten, Maartje E ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84055184090     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2010.0181     Document Type: Article

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