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chapter 13
conflict and stress
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Undergraduate 3
04/16/2013

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Term
interpersonal conflict
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• The process that occurs when one person, group, or organizational subunit frustrates the goal attainment of another
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relationship conflict
Definition
• Interpersonal tensions among individuals that have to do with their relationship per se, not the task at hand
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task conflict
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• Disagreements about the nature of the work to be done
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process conflict
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• Disagreements about how work should be organized and accomplished
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Modes of managing conflict: name all 5
Definition
avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromise, collaborating
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Modes of managing conflict: Avoiding
Definition
o A conflict management style characterized by low assertiveness or one’s own interests and low cooperation with the other party
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Modes of managing conflict: Accommodating
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o One cooperates with other party while not asserting one’s own interests
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Modes of managing conflict: Competing
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o Maximized assertiveness and minimized cooperation
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Modes of managing conflict: Compromise
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o Combines intermediate levels of assertiveness and cooperation
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Modes of managing conflict: Collaborating
Definition
o Maximized both assertiveness and cooperation
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negotiation
Definition
• A decision making process among interdependent parties who do not share identical preferences
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Distributive negotiation:
Definition
• A win-lose negotiation in which a fixed amount of assets is divided between parties
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Integrative negotiation:
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• Win-win negotiation that assumes that mutual problem solving can enlarge the assets to be divided between parties
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Superordinate goals:
Definition
• Attractive outcomes that can be achieved only by collaboration
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conflict stimulation
Definition
• A strategy of increasing conflict to motivate change
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stressors
Definition
• Environmental events or conditions that have the potential to induce stress
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