Consequences of feeling dissimilar from others in a work team

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-325

  Hobman, Elizabeth V ^a   Bordia, Prashant ^a   Gallois, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Perceived dissimilarity; Work teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242510976     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022837207241     Document Type: Article

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