Reflections on organizational team diversity research: In search of a logical support to an assumption

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 221-231

  Schoenung, Benjamin ^a   Dikova, Desislava ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assumption; Organizations; Team diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962420730     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EDI-11-2015-0095     Document Type: Article

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