Measuring gender composition in work groups: A comparison of existing methods

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 456-474

  Williams, Helen M ^a,c   Meân, Lindsey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition; Dissimilarity; Diversity; Gender; Relational demography; Team; Trait; Workgroup

Indexed keywords

EID: 4944223847     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428104269175     Document Type: Review

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