Collective failure: The emergence, consequences, and management of errors in teams

Errors in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 113-141

  Bell, Bradford S ^a   Kozlowski, Steve W J ^b  

^a and History   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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