It's Only Temporary: Time Frame and the Dynamics of Creative Project Teams

British Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-397

  Bakker, René M ^a   Boroş, Smaranda ^b   Kenis, Patrick ^c   Oerlemans, Leon A G ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (Belgium)

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EID: 84881314381     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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