An exploratory study of group development and team learning

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-30

  Raes, Elisabeth ^a   Kyndt, Eva ^a   Decuyper, Stefan ^a   Van den Bossche, Piet ^b,c   Dochy, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Group development; Group potency; Psychological safety; Team learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925296006     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.21201     Document Type: Article

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