Power and conflict in cooperative and competitive contexts

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-362

  Medina, Francisco J ^a   Munduate, Lourdes ^a   Guerra, Jose M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conflict; Goal interdependence; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 48949116267     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320701761790     Document Type: Article

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