Demographic Diversity, Conflict, and Work Group Outcomes: An Intervening Process Theory

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 615-631

  Pelled, Lisa Hope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Demography; Diversity; Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037678684     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.6.615     Document Type: Article

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