Leadership and trust facilitating cross-functional team success

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-214

  Simsarian Webber, Sheila ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leadership; Teams; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986178170     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710210420273     Document Type: Article

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