Cognitions in organizations and teams: What is the meaning of cognitive similarity?

The People Make the Place: Dynamic Linkages Between Individuals and Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 127-155

  Rentsch, Joan R ^a   Small, Erika E ^a   Hanges, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84919511698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809549     Document Type: Chapter

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