Diversity, conflict, and leadership / 
editor: M. Afzalur Rahim. 
 - New Brunswick, N.J. :  Transaction Publishers,  2011. 
 - vii, 246 p. :  ill. charts ;  23 cm. 
 - Current topics in management ;  15 .
 - Current topics in management ;  15. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Preface /  Managing diverse situations in organizations /  The moderating role of social attitudes in the relationship between diversity and conflict /  Moderating effects of geographic dispersal and team tenure on the task-affective conflict relationship /  Fairness and consumer behavior : a WWJD (what would justice do?) analysis /  Obama vs. Clinton : a study exploring the impact of leadership language /  Social capital via leader-member exchanges : an avenue to human capital? /  Relationship between the big-five personality and the financial performance of fund managers /  Modifying Phelan's model : a conceptual framework linking entrepreneurs to international new venture competitiveness /  BSL Printing Company : a case study /  Ethics, rhetoric and the self as an  expanding web of conversations /  Flexibility, learning and control : entry mode choice under uncertainty /  The politics-administrative continuum in American state governments : administrative accountability as a positive-sum pattern /  M. Afzalur Rahim --  M. Afzalur Rahim--  Nailah Ayub and Karen A. Jehn --  Patricia J. Holahan, Ann C. Mooney, and Laura Finnerty Paul --  Kelly Schwind Wilson, Donald E. Conlon, and Joel Koopman --  Diana Hargrove, Phyllis A. Duncan,  Mark T. Green, Charles Salter, and John M. Trayhan --  E. Edward Stark and Franis L. Jeffries --  Selin Metin Camgoz, Mehmet Baha Karan, and Azize Ergenelli --  Florinel-Frank Cotae --  Joseph P. Lakatos, Donald R. Soucy, and Stephen J. Bukowy --  Can M. Alpaslan, Sandy E. Green, and Ian I. Mitroff --  Mujtaba Ashan and Martina Musteen --  Cheryl Miller and Deil S. Wright --  Part I : managing conflict and justice --  Part II : Leadership, social capital and personality --  Part III : Issues in entrepreneurship and small business --  Part IV :  Ethics, learning, and change --  About the contributors. 
<br/><br/> Current Topics in Management, of which this book is Vol. 15, is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal which presents basic research in the theory and practice of management and administration. In these twelve essays, a multinational group of experts consider issues of organizational conflict from the small-business level up to that of international commerce and politics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1412842662 (hbk.) 9781412842662 (hbk.)  RM182.88 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communication in personnel management.<br/>Conflict management.<br/>Organizational behavior.<br/>Organizational change.<br/>Negotiation in business.<br/>Interpersonal confrontation.<br/>Culture conflict.<br/>Transformational leadership.