Conflict management and effectiveness in virtual teams

Team Performance Management

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 401-417

  Pazos, Pilar ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Conflict; Conflict management; Performance management; Team effectiveness; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867419937     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527591211281138     Document Type: Article

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