Outcome interdependence shapes the effects of prevention focus on team processes and performance

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-203

  Beersma, Bianca ^a   Homan, Astrid C ^a   Van Kleef, Gerben A ^a   De Dreu, Carsten K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Group dynamics; Incentives; Motivation; Outcome interdependence; Regulatory Focus Theory; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876341070     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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