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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451674503321

Titolo

Using conflict in organizations [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Carsten K.W. De Dreu & Evert Van de Vliert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1997

ISBN

1-283-88117-9

1-4462-1701-9

1-4462-6430-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DreuCarsten K. W. de

VliertEvert van de

Disciplina

658.3145

Soggetti

Conflict management

Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Using Conflict in Organizations; Part I - Conflict Management and Performance; Chapter 1 - Productive Conflict: The Importance of Conflict Management and Conflict Issue; Chapter 2 - Conflict within Interdependence: Its Value for Productivity and Individuality; Chapter 3 - The Effectiveness of Mixing Problem Solving and Forcing; Part II - Within-Group Conflict and Performance; Chapter 4 - Mitigating Groupthink by Stimulating Constructive Conflict; Chapter 5 - Minority Dissent in Organizations

Chapter 6 - Affective and Cognitive Conflict in Work Groups: Increasing Performance Through Value-Based Intragroup ConflictChapter 7 - The Effects of Conflict on Strategic Decision Making Effectiveness and Organizational Performance; Part III - Between-Group Conflict and Competition; Chapter 8 - The Enhancing Effect of Intergroup Competition on Group Performance; Chapter 9 - Good News About Competitive People; Chapter 10 - Productive Conflict: Negotiation as Implicit Coordination; Chapter 11 - Constructive for Whom? The Fate of Diversity Disputes in Organizations



Part IV - Designing Interventions: Towards ApplicationsChapter 12 - Positive Effects of Conflict: Insights from Social Cognition; Chapter 13 - Third Party Consultation as the Controlled Stimulation of Conflict; Chapter 14 - Enhancing Performance by Conflict-Stimulating Intervention; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text is unique in looking at the positive effects of conflict in groups and organizations. The book is able to provide a general theoretical framework and a sharp focus on thematic issues.