Leaders' fairness and followers' conflict handling style: The moderating role of need for cognitive closure

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 358-372

  Giacomantonio, Mauro ^a   Pierro, Antonio ^a   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict handling style; Conflict management; Italy; Leader fairness; Leaders; Need for cognitive closure; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054027313     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10444061111171369     Document Type: Article

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