Identity negotiation processes amidst diversity

Diversity at Work

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 89-126

  Polzer, Jeffrey T ^a   Caruso, Heather M ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511753725.006     Document Type: Chapter

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