Ambiguity intolerance and support for valuing-diversity interventions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2392-2408

  Chen, Chao C ^b   Hooijberg, Robert ^a  

^a IMD   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034558641     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02442.x     Document Type: Article

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