A review of perceived diversity in teams: Does how members perceive their team's composition affect team processes and outcomes?

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages S89-S106

  Shemla, Meir ^a   Meyer, Bertolt ^b   Greer, Lindred ^c   Jehn, Karen A ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

diversity; perceived diversity; review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911167139     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1957     Document Type: Article

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