Exploring negative group dynamics: Adversarial network, personality, and performance in project groups

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-62

  Xia, Ling ^a   Connie Yuan, Y ^a   Gay, Geri ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adversarial network; Groups; Peer relationships; Personality; Personhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949147202     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318909335416     Document Type: Article

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