The interdisciplinary needs of organizations:Are new employees adequately equipped?

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-232

  Barker, Randolph T ^a   Gilbreath, Glenn H ^a   Stone, Warren S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications; Cross functional integration; Employees; Organizational change; Organizational development; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986113551     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621719810210767     Document Type: Article

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