It could be worse: A study on the alleviating roles of trust and connectedness in intragroup conflicts

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-344

  Rispens, Sonja ^a   Greer, Lindred L ^a   Jehn, Karen A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict; Conflict management; Telecommunications; The Netherlands; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448987910     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10444060710833450     Document Type: Article

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