Defying conventional wisdom: A meta-analytical examination of the differences between demographic and job-related diversity relationships with performance

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-53

  Van Dijk, Hans ^a   Van Engen, Marloes L ^a   Van Knippenberg, Daan ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Innovation; Meta analysis; Performance; Work group diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864031758     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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