How to get the timing right. A computational model of the effects of the timing of contacts on team cohesion in demographically diverse teams

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-51

  Flache, Andreas ^a   Mäs, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Demographic diversity; Demographic faultline; Homophily; Social influence; Teams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FAULTLINE; HOMOPHILY; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; TEAMS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 39149090313     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-008-9019-1     Document Type: Article

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