Team processes, team conflict, team outcomes, and gender: An examination of U.S. and Mexican learning teams

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 524-537

  Watson, Warren ^a   Cooper, Danielle ^a   Torres, M A Jose Luis Neri ^b   Boyd, Nancy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Team learning; Team outcomes; U.S. and Mexican cultural diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749133273     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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