No es como mí: Relational demography and conflict in a Mexican production facility

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-84

  Pelled, Lisa Hope ^a   Xin, Katherine R ^b   Weiss, Allen M ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035529933     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317901167235     Document Type: Article

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