The Role of Cognition in Managing Conflict to Maximize Team Effectiveness: A Team Member Schema Similarity Approach

International Handbook of Organizational Teamwork and Cooperative Working

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-150

  Rentsch, Joan R ^a   Zelno, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Conflict; Organizational behavior; Sociology; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049111737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696712.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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