Perceived dissimilarity and perspective taking within work teams

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 569-597

  Williams, Helen M ^a,d   Parker, Sharon K ^b   Turner, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissimilarity; Diversity; Perspective taking; Relational demography; Teamworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548417995     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601106293769     Document Type: Article

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