Team scaffolds: How mesolevel structures enable role-based coordination in temporary groups

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 405-422

  Valentine, Melissa A ^a   Edmondson, Amy C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid personnel; Role based coordination; Team effectiveness; Team scaffolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930457635     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0947     Document Type: Article

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