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MANAGING TEAM CONFLICT: A CONCEPTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONFLICT TYPES AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STYLES

    1 Author(s):  ANABEL BENJAMIN BARA

Vol -  7, Issue- 3 ,         Page(s) : 23 - 31  (2016 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMST

Abstract

Conflict is inevitable in a team. Although conflict brings down the productivity of a team but it can be also helpful in enhancing team performance. Conflict arises during the different phases of team formation. During these phases, team members practice different styles to manage conflicts within a team. However, they go through different types of conflicts too. Jehn (1997) mentioned three types of conflict related to task, relationship and process.The first part of this paper explains about the formation of team and types of conflict. The second part highlights the conflict management styles in a given situation. The third and the final part of this paper gives a model with respect to two by two matrix between relationship conflict and task conflict and then after proposing conflict management styles to overcome them.

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