Considering diversity: The positive effects of considerate leadership in diverse teams

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-125

  Homan, Astrid C ^a   Greer, Lindred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

categorization; consideration; diversity perceptions; team diversity; team functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872281050     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430212437798     Document Type: Article

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