The influence of team emotional intelligence climate on conflict and team members' reactions to conflict

Small Group Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-149

  Ayoko, Oluremi B ^a,c   Callan, Victor J ^a   Hrtel, Charmine E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conflict; Emotional intelligence; Team climate; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849136217     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496407304921     Document Type: Article

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