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DOI: 10.1177/1059601199242002 Disputant Reactions to Managerial Conflict Resolution TacticsA Comparison Among Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the United StatesColorado State University
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Central Florida
Price Waterhouse Corporation This study examined disputantspreferences for supervisory conflict resolution tactics. We identified three research needs. Previous work has (a) been mostly from the managers (and not the subordinates) perspective, (b) examined only a limited set of possible intervention tactics, and (c) tended to be confined to North American samples. In this role-playing study, we addressed these three needs by examining disputant reactions to five different conflict resolution tactics. In addition, we included participants from Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the United States. The results provide evidence pertaining to the efficacy of some tactics and the problems of others. In particular, managers seem to engender the most positive responses when they act either as impartial facilitators or as inquisitorial judges.
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