The changing ecology of teams: New directions for teams research

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-315

  Wageman, Ruth ^a   Gardner, Heidi ^b   Mortensen, Mark ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Changing ecology; Interdependence; Team stability; Teams research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857377521     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1775     Document Type: Editorial

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