Working with foreign managers: Conflict management for effective leader relationships in China

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-286

  Chen, Yifeng ^a   Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Fang, Sofia Su ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Effective leadership; Foreign managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047245793     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb022932     Document Type: Article

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