The effects of diversity on business performance: Report of the diversity research network

Human Resource Management

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Kochan, Thomas ^a   Bezrukova, Katerina ^b   Ely, Robin ^c   Jackson, Susan ^d,e   Joshi, Aparna ^f   Jehn, Karen ^b   Leonard, Jonathan ^g   Levine, David ^g   Thomas, David ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Dept of Human Resource Management ^*

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0345443187     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.10061     Document Type: Article

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