Facing differences with an open mind: Openness to experience, salience of intragroup differences, and performance of diverse work groups

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1204-1222

  Homan, Astrid C ^a   Hollenbeck, John R ^b   Humphrey, Stephen E ^c   Van Knippenberg, Daan ^d   Ilgen, Daniel R ^b   Van Kleef, Gerben A ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 59049091067     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2008.35732995     Document Type: Article

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