Interactions within groups and subgroups: The effects of demographic faultlines

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-659

  Lau, Dora C ^a   Murnighan, J Keith ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24944433021     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2005.17843943     Document Type: Article

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