Structuring for team success: The interactive effects of network structure and cultural diversity on team potency and performance

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-255

  Tröster, Christian ^a   Mehra, Ajay ^b   van Knippenberg, Daan ^c  

^a KÜHNE LOGISTICS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Networks; Team performance; Team potency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901193477     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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