The structure and management of conflict: Fighting or defending the status quo

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-353

  De Dreu, Carsten K W ^a   Kluwer, Esther S ^b   Nauta, Aukje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict; Conflict management; Negotiation; Power; Status quo

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449091593     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430208090646     Document Type: Article

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