Can interpersonal competition be constructive within organizations?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-84

  Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Johnson, David W ^b   Johnson, Roger T ^b   Sun, Haifa ^c  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Earthquake Engineering Research and Test Center   (China)

Author keywords

Competition; Constructive competition; Cooperation; Social interdependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0037863750     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980309600600     Document Type: Article

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