Diversity and conflict in teams: A contingency perspective

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-439

  Puck, Jonas F ^a   Neyer, Anne Katrin ^b   Dennerlein, Tobias ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conflict; Context; Contingencies; Diversity; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953451829     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2010.033610     Document Type: Article

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