Self-Concept Clarity and the Management of Social Conflict

Journal of Personality

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 539-574

  Bechtoldt, Myriam N ^a   De Dreu, Carsten K W ^b   Nijstad, Bernard A ^c   Zapf, Dieter ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953945138     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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