Tertius Dolens: Interalter Conflict and Its Negative Impact on Broker Performance

This paper and its earlier versions have benefited from insightful comments by Professors Martin Kilduff and Pavel Zhelyazkov, as well as from feedback received from seminar participants at NOVA School of Business and Economics, Singapore Management University, and the University of Vienna. The authors are especially grateful to Senior Editor Michelle Rogan for her careful stewardship of the review process and to three anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful and constructive guidance throughout. Any remaining errors and omissions are the authors’ own.