Team Coordination and Dynamics: Two Central Issues

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 355-360

  Gorman, Jamie C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coordination; interpersonal; team performance; team process; teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908622657     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414545215     Document Type: Article

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