Gender influences as an impediment to knowledge sharing: When men and women fail to seek peer feedback

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-118

  Miller, Diane L ^a   Karakowsky, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Feedback seeking; Gender; Groups; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744394310     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.139.2.101-118     Document Type: Article

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