Not so bad after all: How relational closeness buffers the association between relationship conflict and helpful and deviant group behaviors

Negotiation and Conflict Management Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-296

  Rispens, Sonja ^a   Greer, Lindred ^b   Jehn, Karen A ^c   Thatcher, Sherry M B ^d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Groups; Interpersonal conflict; Organizational conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949117109     PISSN: 17504708     EISSN: 17504716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-4716.2011.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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