THE BENEFITS OF VERIFYING DIVERSE IDENTITIES FOR GROUP PERFORMANCE

Research on Managing Groups and Teams

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 91-111

  Polzer, Jeffrey T ^a   Swann, William B ^a   Milton, Laurie P ^a  

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EID: 11844282336     PISSN: 15340856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-0856(02)05004-1     Document Type: Review

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