.... Therefore, more assimilated individuals will express dissent in a manner that takes greater account of the face needs of others. Thus, it can be said they engage in facework more supportive of the face of others, than less assimilated individuals. The concepts of face, facework and face negotiation theory...

... on conflict-management strategies over time. The authors propose that conflict-management strategies commonly employed in the workplace are impacted by worker gender as predicted by face negotiation theory and vary over time based on the “generation” of the worker. Design/methodology/approach To test...