Conflict and shared identity in geographically distributed teams

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 212-238

  Mortensen, Mark ^a,b   Hinds, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

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EID: 0035567158     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb022856     Document Type: Article

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