When too little or too much hurts: Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between task conflict and innovation in teams

Journal of Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-107

  De Dreu, Carsten K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cooperation; Groups; Innovation; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744443178     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206305277795     Document Type: Article

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