Mood at the midpoint: Affect and change in exploratory search over time in teams that face a deadline

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-118

  Knight, Andrew P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Exploration; Group dynamics; Mood; Pacing; Team development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923296069     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0866     Document Type: Article

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