Performance gains through diverse top management teams

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 121-126

  Carson, Charles M ^a   Mosley, Don C ^b   Boyar, Scott L ^b  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Performance management; Team management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969566     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590410556845     Document Type: Article

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