Using power to affect performance in China: Effects of employee achievement and social context

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 364-381

  Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Sun, Haifa ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Competitive strategy; Employees; Empowerment; Management power

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957857881     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10444061011079921     Document Type: Article

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