When both similarities and dissimilarities matter: Extending the concept of relational demography

Human Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 899-929

  Tsui, Anne S ^a   Porter, Lyman ^b   Egan, Terri ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic differences; Demographic similarity; Employee performance; Organizational demography; Relational demography; Similarity attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036333806     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726702055008176     Document Type: Article

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