Minority influence in work teams: The impact of newcomers

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-280

  Choi, Hoon Seok ^a,b   Levine, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innovation; Minority influence; Newcomers; Small groups; Social influence; Work teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542615550     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00101-X     Document Type: Article

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