Goal orientation and supervisory behaviors: impacting SMWT effectiveness

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 152-162

  Carson, Charles M ^a   Mosley, Don C ^b   Boyar, Scott L ^b  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Team performance; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993094747     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590410569878     Document Type: Article

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