Age differences in responses to conflict in the workplace

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-355

  Davis, Mark ^a   Kraus, Linda ^a   Capobianco, Sal ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOEMOTIONAL SELECTIVITY THEORY; SPOUSE; THEORY; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67650497006     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.68.4.d     Document Type: Article

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