The role of group personality composition in the emergence of task and relationship conflict within groups

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-96

  Anderson, Marc H ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five traits; Group personality composition; Groups; Relationship conflict; Task conflict; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952740426     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.837.15.1.82     Document Type: Article

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