Social ostracism in task groups: The effects of group composition

Small Group Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-353

  Wittenbaum, Gwen M ^a   Shulman, Hillary C ^a   Braz, Mary E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exclusion; Group composition; Social ostracism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952800386     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496410363914     Document Type: Article

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