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Real Teams or Pseudo Teams? The Changing Landscape Needs a Better Map

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Michael A. West*
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Joanne Lyubovnikova
Affiliation:
Aston University
*
E-mail: m.a.west@lancaster.ac.uk, Address: Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YX, United Kingdom

Abstract

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2012 

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