Interdependence and managing conflict with sub-contractors in the construction industry in East Asia

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-313

  Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Cho, Yung Ho ^b   Park, Ho Hwan ^b   Liu, Chaoming ^c   Liu, Whei Ching ^d   Sasaki, Shigeru ^e  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAKASAKI CITY UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Japan)

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EID: 1842616889     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010693627443     Document Type: Article

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