Leading employees in one-to-one dispute resolution

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 263-279

  McGrane, Fodhla ^a   Wilson, John ^a   Cammock, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Dispute resolutions; Leaders; Management skills; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344432435     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730510600643     Document Type: Article

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