Research note: 'Contradictory couplings': Culture and the synchronization of opponents

Organization Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-137

  Grieco, Margaret ^a   Lilja, Kari ^a  

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Author keywords

Duality of conflict and cooperation; Laconic communication; Organizational culture; Synchronization of opponents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041856370     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069601700106     Document Type: Article

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