Workforce diversity, temporal dimensions and team performance

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 40-59

  Saji, Beena S ^a  

^a SKYLINE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Diversity; Team performance; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746066509     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600410797873     Document Type: Article

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