Team receptivity to newcomers: Five decades of evidence and future research themes

Academy of Management Annals

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 247-293

  Rink, Floor ^a   Kane, Aimée A ^b   Ellemers, Naomi ^c   van der Vegt, Gerben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84874489189     PISSN: 19416520     EISSN: 19416067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19416520.2013.766405     Document Type: Review

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