Conflict management, efficacy, and performance in organizational teams

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 625-642

  Alper, Steve ^b   Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Law, Kenneth S ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034259848     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00216.x     Document Type: Article

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