Getting to know you: Ethnic diversity, time and performance in public organization

Public Administration

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-518

  Pitts, David W ^a   Jarry, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ETHNIC GROUP; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 68349125380     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01776.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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