Meetings matter: Effects of team meetings on team and organizational success

Small Group Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-158

  Kauffeld, Simone ^a   Lehmann Willenbrock, Nale ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

group processes; interaction analysis; meetings; team success; work groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857725605     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496411429599     Document Type: Article

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