...Shimei Yan; Shan Wu; Gang Zhang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of connective leadership in the promotion of employee goal commitment, and to determine whether conflict can mediate the relationship between connective leadership and goal commitment during the integration...

...Roni Laslo Roth; Joseph Schwarzwald Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine Koslowsky and Schwarzwald’s (2009) recent conceptualization of the interpersonal power interaction model which assumed that the choice of power tactics in conflict situations is a sequential process including...

...John R. Darling; W. Earl Walker A primary key to successful organizational leadership is effective conflict management. This article addresses the use of the behavioral style paradigm as a tool to manage conflict effectively for the benefit of the individuals and the organization involved...

...Rebecca Abraham In the workplace, emotional dissonance is the conflict between emotions experienced by the employee and those required by the organization. Earlier studies have established that emotional dissonance reduces job satisfaction and exacerbates emotional exhaustion. Emotional dissonance...

...Rebecca Abraham Presents a model conceptualizing the role of emotional dissonance in organizational behavior. Emotional dissonance is a form of person‐role conflict originating from the conflict between expressed and experienced emotions. Viewed within a contingency framework, the effect...

...Tim Dartington Investigates the relationship of employees to founding board members in voluntary organizations. Argues that unresolved conflicts are the source of much of the difficulty experienced in this field by the organizations. Concludes that because of this destructive element...

...David K. Banner Challenges one of the dominant assumptions of the current cultural paradigm, namely that conflict is inevitable between people and groups with differing goals, values and priorities. Given that conflict is seen as inevitable, the field of conflict resolution has arisen to resolve...

.... Second, leaders also suffer from conflicts and ambiguities associated with their managerial role. Role ambiguity arises when an individual does not have a clear picture of his/her objectives, co‐workers′expectations and with the scope and responsibilities of his/her job. On the other hand, role conflict...