Teams Are Changing: Are Research and Practice Evolving Fast Enough?

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-24

  Tannenbaum, Scott I ^a   Mathieu, John E ^b   Salas, Eduardo ^c   Cohen, Debra ^d  

^a Group for Organizational Effectiveness Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Society for Human Resource Management   (United States)

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EID: 84865132977     PISSN: 17549426     EISSN: 17549434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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