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Making Diverse Teams Click

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer
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Abstract

High interpersonal congruence-meaning alignment between team members' self-assessments and their appraisals of one another-improves the performance of diverse teams. And 360-degree feedback can help.

Keywords

Groups and Teams; Alignment; Performance Evaluation; Diversity

Citation

Polzer, Jeffrey T. "Making Diverse Teams Click." HBS Centennial Issue Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2008): 20–21.
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Jeffrey T. Polzer

Organizational Behavior
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