Examining workgroup diversity effects: Does playing by the (group-retention) rules help or hinder?

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 508-521

  Stanley, David J ^a   Allen, Natalie J ^b   Williams, Helen M ^c   Ross, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Groups; Missing data; Retention rules

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956278560     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-010-0053-9     Document Type: Article

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