The impact of gender composition on team performance and decision making: Evidence from the field

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-93

  Apesteguia, Jose ^a   Azmat, Ghazala ^a   Iriberri, Nagore ^a  

^a BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Gender; Performance; Teams

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; GENDER; GENERAL MANAGER; LARGE BUSINESS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTION; PRICING STRATEGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEAM PERFORMANCE; TEAMS;

DECISION MAKING;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84856276032     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1348     Document Type: Article

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