Perceived Diversity and Team Functioning: The Role of Diversity Beliefs and Affect

Small Group Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-61

  Hentschel, Tanja ^a   Shemla, Meir ^b,c   Wegge, Jürgen ^c   Kearney, Eric ^d  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

diversity; diversity beliefs; group affective tone; identification; relationship conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873540992     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496412470725     Document Type: Article

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