The purpose of this paper is to present a healthy view of conflict, discuss different styles of handling conflict, and illustrate the interdependence between these styles and management of team conflict. Definition and nature of conflict Conflict is inevitable. Recent research has found the role of conflict to be to establish limits, channel hostility, counteract social ossification, invigorate class and group interests, encourage innovation, and define and empower leadership. Relational issues are highly personal and revolve around differences in values, work habits, and communication styles. Task-related is impersonal and refers to ideas, meanings, issues, and procedures.
Mixed conflicts includes both task-related and relational issues.
Perceptions, expectations, behaviors, and communication patterns are all rooted in culture and the question is not whether or not the effect occurs, but what the effect is. It is necessary to develop a conflict repertoire for dealing with gender considerations. One stereotype you often here is that women look for ways to avoid conflicts. Other stereotypes exists for men. At first people assume that the other wants the same thing.