Cooperative and competitive conflict management in organizations

Handbook of Conflict Management Research

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 33-50

  Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Wong, Alfred ^a   Chen, Nancy Yi Feng ^a  

^a Lingnan University   (Hungary)

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EID: 84907279358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781006948.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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