Sex differences in interaction style and group task performance: The process-performance relationship

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 255-275

  Hutson Comeaux, Sarah L ^a   Kelly, Janice R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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