Complaint and solution-oriented circles: Interaction patterns in work group discussions

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-294

  Kauffeld, Simone ^a   Meyers, Renee A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complaining; Group discussion; Interaction process; Lag Sequential Analysis; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649091324     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320701693209     Document Type: Article

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