Team learning from mistakes: The contribution of cooperative goals and problem-solving

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1223-1245

  Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Yu, Zi You ^b   Hui, Chun ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 8744239063     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2004.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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