The dysfunction of territoriality in organizations

Research Companion to the Dysfunctional Workplace: Management Challenges and Symptoms

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 252-267

  Brown, Graham ^a   Robinson, Sandra L ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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