Dealing with Scarce Resources: Open-Minded Interaction for Resolving Budget Conflicts

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-255

  Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Poon, Margaret ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0032347960     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601198233003     Document Type: Article

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