Task design, team context, and psychological safety: An empirical analysis of R&D projects in high technology organizations

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 977-996

  Chandrasekaran, Aravind ^a   Mishra, Anant ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exploitation; exploration; psychological safety; R D project management; team turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868668787     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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