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The effect of the social values of ubuntu on team effectiveness
Submitted: 10 October 2018 | Published: 30 September 2006
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N. Poovan, Department of Industrial Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaM. K. Du Toit, Department of Industrial Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
A. S. Engelbrecht, Department of Industrial Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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