Gender and race/ethnic composition of technical work groups: Relationship to creative productivity and morale

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 205-221

  Cordero, Rene ^a   DiTomaso, Nancy ^b   Farris, George F ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity in R D; Group composition; Group demographic composition; Groups; High performance teams; Managing diversity; Teams; Technology management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

GROUP DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030230595     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-4748(96)01006-5     Document Type: Article

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