When conflict communication threatens the business relationship: Lessons from the "balder" story

Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 3-27

  Vaaland, Terje I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication; Conflict; Oil industry; Projects; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746620844     PISSN: 1051712X     EISSN: 15470628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J033v13n02_02     Document Type: Article

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