The role of communication content in an ethnically diverse organization

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 725-745

  Dinsbach, Aloyse A ^a   Feij, Jan A ^a   de Vries, Reinout E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Diversity in the workplace; Job attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948909141     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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