The role of social identity, appraisal, and emotion in determining responses to diversity management

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-176

  Tran, Veronique ^a   Garcia Prieto, Patricia ^b   Schneider, Susan C ^c  

^a ESCP EUROPE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cognitive appraisals; diversity management; emotion; intergroup relations; social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952229380     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710377930     Document Type: Article

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