Constructively Managing Conflicts in Organizations

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 545-568

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

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constructive conflict; Cooperation; Mutual benefit; Negotiations; Open minded; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910686430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091306     Document Type: Review

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