Moving beyond relationship and task conflict: Toward a process-state perspective

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 559-578

  DeChurch, Leslie A ^a   Mesmer Magnus, Jessica R ^b   Doty, Dan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Group; Management; Meta analysis; Team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880403439     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032896     Document Type: Article

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