Team Reflexivity and Innovation: The Moderating Role of Team Context

Journal of Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 769-788

  Schippers, Michaéla C ^a   West, Michael A ^b   Dawson, Jeremy F ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

innovation; physical work environment; team reflexivity; teams; work demands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924613376     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312441210     Document Type: Article

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