The impacts of leadership on workplace conflicts

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-354

  Doucet, Olivier ^a   Poitras, Jean ^a   Chênevert, Denis ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Conflict management; Performance management; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049120732     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10444060910991057     Document Type: Article

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