Beyond relational demography: Time and the effects of surface- and deep-level diversity on work group cohesion

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-107

  Harrison, David A ^a   Price, Kenneth H ^a   Bell, Myrtle P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0032220631     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256901     Document Type: Article

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