Teamwork and controversy in undergraduate management courses in Hong Kong - Can the method reinforce the message?

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 131-138

  Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Wong, Alfred ^a   Nibler, Roger ^a   Pounder, James S ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constructive controversy; Cooperation and competition; Instructional methods; Strategic management; Student teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036767641     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.61.3.131     Document Type: Article

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