The Too-Much-Talent Effect: Team Interdependence Determines When More Talent Is Too Much or Not Enough

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1581-1591

  Swaab, Roderick I ^a   Schaerer, Michael ^a   Anicich, Eric M ^b   Ronay, Richard ^c   Galinsky, Adam D ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cooperation; open materials; social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCCER; SPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCCER; SPORTS;

EID: 84905447306     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614537280     Document Type: Article

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