Egalitarianism makes organizations stronger: Cross-national variation in institutional and psychological equality predicts talent levels and the performance of national teams

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-92

  Swaab, Roderick I ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b Columbia Business School Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Equality; Institutions; Performance; Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930821873     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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