Group membership salience and the movement of conflict: Reconceptualizing the interaction among race, gender, and hierarchy

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-44

  Proudford, Karen L ^a,b   Smith, Kenwyn K ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Simmons School of Management   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Gender; Group dynamics; Intergroup; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037227576     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601102250014     Document Type: Review

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