The need for an integrated theoretical framework for researching the influence of group diversity on performance

Management Research News

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 739-750

  Qin, John ^a   O'Meara, Bernard ^a   McEachern, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groups; Social stratification; Social structure; The information decision making approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349686690     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170910977951     Document Type: Article

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