Gender differences in team work and team competition

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 797-808

  Ivanova Stenzel, Radosveta ^a   Kübler, Dorothea ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender diversity; Team incentives; Tournaments

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052025212     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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