...William A. Donohue; Daniel Druckman Purpose The purpose of the study is to determine whether predictions about conflict escalation were more consistent with Politeness Theory (which predicts de-escalation in the face of escalation) or Social Interactionist Theory (which predicts intensified...

... Conflict Conflict contagion Conflict escalation Interdependence among group members Conflicts are daily realities of organizational teams. While an abundance of research has examined how these intrateam conflicts affect team performance (De Dreu and Weingart, 2003 ; De Wit et al., 2012...