New Directions for Relational Coordination Theory

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gittell, Jody Hoffer ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Coordination; Relational coordination; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924937756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0030     Document Type: Chapter

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