Is Belbin’s shaper really TMS’s thruster-organizer? An empirical investigation into the correspondence between the Belbin and TMS team role models

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-26

  Rushmer, Rosemary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Leadership; Personality; Roles; Team building; Team management index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986121890     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739610106002     Document Type: Article

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