Personality, threat and affective responses to cultural diversity

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-470

  Van Der Zee, Karen ^a   Van Der Gang, Ineke ^a  

^a Department of Social and Organizational Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Mortality salience; Personality; Teams; Threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250766218     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.619     Document Type: Article

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