Conflict management in work teams: The role of social self-efficacy and group identification

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-208

  Desivilya, Helena Syna ^a,c   Eizen, Dafna ^b  

^a Emek Yezreel College

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Emek Yezreel College   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conflict; Group identification; Self efficacy; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248981795     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb022928     Document Type: Article

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