Reducing conflict-related employee strain: The benefits of an internal locus of control and a problem-solving conflict management strategy

Work and Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-184

  Dijkstra, Maria T M ^a   Beersma, Bianca ^b   Evers, Arne ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Locus of control; Problem solving; Psychological strain; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960873698     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2011.593344     Document Type: Article

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