Emotion regulation and intragroup conflict: When more distracted minds prevail

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-170

  Griffith, Jennifer A ^a   Connelly, Shane ^a   Thiel, Chase E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Emotion regulation; Group cohesion; Intragroup conflict; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898429117     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCMA-04-2012-0036     Document Type: Article

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