What goes around comes around: The impact of personal conflict style on work conflict and stress

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-55

  Friedman, Raymond A ^a,c   Tidd, Simon T ^a   Currall, Steven C ^b,d,e   Tsai, James C ^a,f,g,h  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0348116948     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb022834     Document Type: Article

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