What makes age diverse teams effective? Results from a six-year research program

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 5145-5151

  Wegge, J ^a   Jungmann, F ^a   Liebermann, S ^a   Shemla, M ^a   Ries, B C ^b   Diestel, S ^b   Schmidt, K H ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

age salience; age diversity; appreciation of age diversity; health; team performance

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COOPERATION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84859828703     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0084-5145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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