Age, forgiveness, and meeting behavior: A multilevel study

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 928-949

  Schulte, Eva Maria ^a   Lehmann Willenbrock, Nale ^b   Kauffeld, Simone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Diversity; Forgiveness; Meetings; Multilevel modeling; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889039689     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-06-2013-0193     Document Type: Article

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