Ethnic composition and its differential impact on group processes in diverse teams

Small Group Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-157

  Paletz, Susannah B F ^a   Peng, Kaiping ^a   Erez, Miriam ^b   Maslach, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnic composition; Group enjoyment; Small group dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642345179     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496403258793     Document Type: Article

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