The pernicious effects of unstable work group membership: How work group changes undermine unique task contributions and newcomer acceptance

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-23

  Rink, Floor ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Group commitment; Group membership (IN)stability; Newcomer acceptance; Self related concerns; Task behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918512482     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430214550339     Document Type: Article

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