Letting off steam or just steaming?: The influence of target and status on attributions and anger

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-280

  Parlamis, Jennifer D ^a   Allred, Keith G ^b   Block, Caryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Conflict resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954625860     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10444061011063171     Document Type: Article

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