MGMT1135 Midterm: MGMT1135_ RELATIONSHIP CONFLICT
Document Summary
Evidence that relationship conflict is almost always dysfunctional. The friction and interpersonal hostilities inherent in relationship conflicts increases personality clashes and decreases mutual understanding. Of the three conflicts, relationship conflict is the most psychologically exhausting to individuals. Because they tend to revolve around personalities and we cannot expect to change other people"s personalities, and we would generally take offense at criticisms directed at who we are as opposed to how we. Dyadic conflict is conflict between two people. Intragroup conflict occurs within a group or team. Intergroup conflict is conflict between groups or teams. Another way to understand conflict is to consider its locus, or where the conflict occurs. Nearly all the literature on task, relationship and process conflict considers intragroup conflict (within the group). That makes sense given that groups and teams often exist only to perform a particular task. However, it doesn"t necessarily tell us about the other loci of conflict.
