Expecting the worst? The dynamic role of competitive expectations in team member satisfaction and team performance

Small Group Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-329

  Rockmann, Kevin W ^a   Northcraft, Gregory B ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Conflict management; Expectations; Negotiation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952828527     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496410363744     Document Type: Article

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