Achieving more with less: Extra milers' behavioral influences in teams

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1025-1039

  Li, Ning ^a   Zhao, Helen H ^a   Walter, Sheryl L ^a   Zhang, Xin An ^b   Yu, Jia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Helping; Social network; Team effectiveness; Team process; Voice

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84937073729     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/apl0000010     Document Type: Article

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