Cultural diversity and team performance: The role of team member goal orientation

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 782-804

  Pieterse, Anne Nederveen ^a   Van Knippenberg, Daan ^a   Van Dierendonck, Dirk ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84880291590     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0992     Document Type: Article

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