Superiors' conflict management strategies and subordinate outcomes

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-208

  Weider Hatfield, Deborah ^a   Hatfield, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

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EID: 33646209604     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318996010002003     Document Type: Article

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