Top team processes: Does 6 + 2 = 10?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue , 1998, Pages 47-62

  Higgs, Malcolm ^a   Dulewicz, Victor ^b  

^a Towers Perrin   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directors; Effectiveness; Research; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173580     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949810369129     Document Type: Article

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