Information sharing and group conflict: Going beyond decision making to understand the effects of information sharing on group performance

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-410

  Moye, Neta A ^a,c   Langfred, Claus W ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group conflict; Information sharing; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444523766     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb022919     Document Type: Article

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