Competitive and cooperative conflict communication climates the influence of ombuds processes on trust and commitment to the organization

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-153

  Harrison, Tyler R ^a   Doerfel, Marya L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Ombudsman; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047269091     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10444060610736611     Document Type: Article

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