Conceptualizing Emergent States: A Strategy to Advance the Study of Group Dynamics

Academy of Management Annals

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 561-598

  Waller, Mary J ^a   Okhuysen, Gerardo A ^b   Saghafian, Marzieh ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84975473388     PISSN: 19416520     EISSN: 19416067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19416520.2016.1120958     Document Type: Review

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