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Richard E. Walton, John M. Dutton, Thomas P. Cafferty, Organizational Context and Interdepartmental Conflict, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4, Conflict within and between Organizations (Dec., 1969), pp. 522-542
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