Too close for comfort? Distinguishing between team intimacy and team cohesion

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-127

  Rosh, Lisa ^a   Offermann, Lynn R ^b   Van Diest, Rhonda ^c  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SeKON Enterprise Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Intimacy; Team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859907599     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2011.11.004     Document Type: Review

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