Competing hypotheses analyses of the associations between group task conflict and group relationship conflict

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1106-1126

  Choi, Kyoosang ^a   Cho, Bongsoon ^b  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Competing hypotheses testing; Intragroup trust; Relationship conflict; Task conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054020211     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.733     Document Type: Article

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