The role of team identification in the dissimilarity-conflict relationship

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-507

  Hobman, Elizabeth V ^a   Bordia, Prashant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conflict; Dissimilarity; Identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749649488     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430206067559     Document Type: Article

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