The role of salience of age heterogeneity and conflicts in teams as mediators in the relationship between age heterogeneity and group effectiveness;Die Rolle von Alterssalienz und Konflikten in Teams als Mediatoren der Beziehung zwischen Altersheterogenität und Gruppeneffektivität

Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 117-130

  Ries, Birgit Claudia ^a   Diestel, Stefan ^a   Wegge, Jürgen ^a   Schmidt, Klaus Helmut ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age heterogeneity; Emotional and cognitive conflicts; Emotional exhaustion; Identification with the team; Innovative performance; Salience of age heterogeneity; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954662898     PISSN: 09324089     EISSN: 21906270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089/a000022     Document Type: Article

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