Who defers to whom and why? Dual pathways linking demographic differences and dyadic deference to team effectiveness

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-84

  Joshi, Aparna ^a   Knight, Andrew P ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 84923820933     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0718     Document Type: Article

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