What's the difference? Insider perspectives on the importance, content, and meaning of interpersonal differences

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 617-637

  Oosterhof, Aad ^a   Van der Vegt, Gerben S ^a   Van de Vliert, Evert ^a   Sanders, Karin ^b   Kiers, Henk A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 76749102894     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317908X342909     Document Type: Article

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