The shared leadership process in decision-making teams

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-42

  Bergman, Jacqueline Z ^a   Rentsch, Joan R ^b   Small, Erika E ^c   Davenport, Shaun W ^d   Bergman, Shawn M ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Wall College of Business   (United States)

^d HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; shared leadership; team effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856317605     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2010.538763     Document Type: Article

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