Team or group? Managers’ perceptions of the differences

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 232-242

  Fisher, Stephen G ^a   Hunter, Terri A ^a   Macrosson, keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Teams; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986174542     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949710174838     Document Type: Article

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