Don't take it personally: Exploring cognitive conflict as a mediator of affective conflict

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 733-758

  Mooney, Ann C ^a   Holahan, Patricia J ^b   Amason, Allen C ^b  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 34250314135     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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