The treatment of the relationship between groups and their environments: A review and critical examination of common assumptions in research

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-203

  Kouchaki, Maryam ^a   Okhuysen, Gerardo A ^a   Waller, Mary J ^b   Tajeddin, Golnaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

external context; group context; group environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860188793     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601112443850     Document Type: Review

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