Virtual communicating, conflicts and performance in teams

Team Performance Management

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 364-380

  de Jong, Remco ^a   Schalk, René ^a   Curşeu, Petru L ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Conflict; Conflict management; Team performance; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149117557     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590810912331     Document Type: Article

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