Using Conflict in Organizations / Edition 1

by Carsten K W De Dreu, Evert Van de Vliert

Overview

Please update ISBNs on imprint page and OBC C 978-0-7619-5090-5 P 978-0-7619-5091-2

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761950905
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/24/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Conflict and Performance: Benefits for Groups and Organizations
PART ONE: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Productive Conflict - Carsten K W de Dreu
The Importance of Conflict Management and Conflict Issue
Conflict within Interdependency - Dean Tjosvold
Its Value for Productivity and Individuality
The Effectiveness of Mixing Problem Solving and Forcing - Evert van de Vliert et al
PART TWO: WITHIN-GROUP CONFLICT AND PERFORMANCE
Mitigating Groupthink by Stimulating Constructive Conlflict - Marlene E Turner and Anthony R Pratkanis
Minority Dissent in Organizations - Carsten K W de Dreu and Nanne K De Vries
Affective and Cognitive Conflict in Work Groups - Karen A Jehn
Increasing Performance through Value-Based Intragroup Conflict
The Effects of Conflict on Strategic Decision Making Effectiveness and Organziational Performance - Allen A Amason and David M Schweiger
PART THREE: BETWEEN-GROUP CONFLICT AND COMPETITION
The Enhancing Effect of Intergroup Competition on Group Performance - Gary A Bornstein and Ido Erev
Good News about Competitive People - Peter J D Carnevale and Tahira M Probst
Productive Conflict - Linda L Putnam
Negotiation as Implicit Coordination
Constructive for Whom? The Fate of Diversity Disputes in Organizations - Anne Donnellon and Deborah M Kolb
PART FOUR: DESIGNING INTERVENTIONS: TOWARDS APPLICATIONS
Positive Effects of Conflict - Robert A Baron
Insights from Social Cognition
Third Party Consultation as the Controlled Stimulation of Conflict - Ron Fisher
Enhancing Performance by Conflict-Stimulating Intervention - Evert van de Vliert

Editorial Reviews

‘This book contributes significantly to understanding the integrated topic of conflict and performance...the book provides a real review of how to use conflict in organizations' - International Journal of Selection and Assessment

‘Using Conflict in Organizations is an excellent empirical reference text' - Management Learning

‘The authors are of impeccable academic standing. The editorship is thorough and concise. The work presented is stimulating and current' - Therapeutic Communities

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