Sex composition and group climate: A group actor-partner interdependence analysis

Group Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 270-280

  Coco, Gianluca Lo ^a   Gullo, Salvatore ^b   Verso, Lo Verso ^a   Kivlighan Jr , Dennis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Group actor partner analysis; Group climate; Group composition; Group member sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890502597     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034112     Document Type: Article

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