Group Heterogeneity Increases the Risks of Large Group Size: A Longitudinal Study of Productivity in Research Groups

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 880-890

  Cummings, Jonathon N ^a   Kiesler, Sara ^b   Bosagh Zadeh, Reza ^b   Balakrishnan, Aruna D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

performance; social interaction; social structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878802190     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612463082     Document Type: Article

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