Why individuals in larger teams perform worse

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-124

  Mueller, Jennifer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal theory; Coordination; Individual performance; Multi level theory; Perceived social support; Process loss; Team size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855646781     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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