Dealing with intergroup conflicts in organizations: A challenge to the right of diversity

Portuguese Journal of Social Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-88

  Monteiro, Maria Benedicta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diversity; Intergroup conflict; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144399176     PISSN: 1476413X     EISSN: 17589509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/pjss.2.2.79/0     Document Type: Article

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