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Millions of people around the world making their way to work are thinking about the day they are about to have. They are planning their day, going down the list of pending work, and picturing the exchanges they will most likely have with others in order to complete their tasks. While some are enthused, knowing that they are about to have pleasant interactions, others have increasing feelings of disconcertion and anxiety and are dreading the moment they step into the office. When managing collaborators, there are a great many factors that must be considered, including dialogue, voice, empowerment, task delegation and completion, and goal achievement, among many others; perhaps the most important factor that should by no means be overlooked is human nature.

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López-Fernández, A.M. (2019). Collaborator Management. In: Business Leadership and Market Competitiveness. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03347-7_4

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