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Managerial Solutions that Increase the Effect of Group Synergy and Reduce Social Loafing

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|Feb 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mosr-2017-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2335-8750 | Journal ISSN: 1392-1142
Language: English
Page range: 109 - 129
Submitted on: Sep 14, 2017
Accepted on: Dec 10, 2017
Published on: Feb 6, 2018
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