Examining conflict-handling approaches by Chinese top management teams in IT firms

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-209

  Ping fu, Ping ^a   Huang Yan, Xue ^b   li, Yongjuan ^c   Wang, Erping ^c   Peng, Siqing ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Conflict management; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749154310     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10444060810875778     Document Type: Article

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