The Consequences of Educational Specialty and Nationality Faultlines for Project Teams

Small Group Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 613-644

  Jiang, Yuan ^a,b   Jackson, Susan E ^c,d   Shaw, James B ^e   Chung, Yunhyung ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lorange Institute of Business Zürich   (Switzerland)

^e BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; faultline; team

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866543954     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496412453943     Document Type: Article

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