Managers' conflict management styles and employee attitudinal outcomes: The mediating role of trust

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-295

  Chan, Ka Wai ^a   Huang, Xu ^b   Ng, Peng Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; Conflict management styles; Job satisfaction; Trust; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149139389     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-007-9037-4     Document Type: Article

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