Finding value in diversity: Verification of personal and social self-views in diverse groups

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-27

  Swann Jr , William B ^a   Polzer, Jeffrey T ^b   Seyle, Daniel Conor ^c   Ko, Sei Jin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0942300551     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2004.11851702     Document Type: Review

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