Being different yet feeling similar: The influence of demographic composition and organizational culture on work processes and outcomes

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 749-780

  Chatman, Jennifer A ^a   Polzer, Jeffrey T ^b   Barsade, Sigal G ^c   Neale, Margaret A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032218717     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393615     Document Type: Article

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