Looking into studies of heterogeneous small groups: An analysis of the research findings

Handbook of Intercultural Training

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 416-434

  Bakir, Aysen ^a   Landis, Dan ^b   Noguchi, Kenji ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452231129.n17     Document Type: Chapter

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