Ten critical research questions: The need for new and deeper explorations

Team Effectiveness in Complex Organizations: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 525-546

  Salas, Eduardo ^a,b,c   Wildman, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Human Factors and Ergonomics Society   (United States)

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EID: 84909080467     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203889312     Document Type: Chapter

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