Which conflict resolution process might an intervener suggest based on the workplace culture

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Managing Conflict: Third-Party Interventions for Managers [and Executive Commentary]

The Academy of Management Executive (1993-2005)

Vol. 16, No. 1, Theme: Focusing on the Positive and Avoiding the Negative (Feb., 2002)

, pp. 139-155 (17 pages)

Published By: Academy of Management

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4165820

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Abstract

Managers are frequently called upon to intervene as third parties in organizational conflicts within their work units but often feel ill at ease and poorly equipped to do so. The purpose of this article is to provide answers to some common questions managers have concerning such third-party interventions. The article begins by presenting a conceptual framework. It indicates the steps for the manager to follow in making the relevant decisions concerning intervention and outlines different approaches for third-party intervention. It identifies the key variables to consider for each step of the decision process concerning intervention and presents guidelines for making the relevant choices. It suggests helpful ways of intervening in order to help the parties deal with their own conflict and describes a variety of pitfalls that the manager must beware of when making third-party interventions. The article identifies some of the competencies managers need when intervening as third parties. It concludes by indicating under what conditions the manager is not the appropriate person to intervene and suggests ways of making use of an independent resource person.

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Effective with the February, 2006 issue the Academy of Management Executive has changed its name to the Academy of Management Perspectives. The overall goal of the Academy of Management journals is to serve the interests of the Academy's members, and the specific goal of the new Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) is to publish accessible articles about important issues concerning management and business. AMP articles are aimed at the non-specialist academic reader, and should also be useful for teaching. Serving both these goals more effectively requires a change in strategy and direction for the journal. Going forward, Perspectives will concentrate on two types of articles aimed at this thought leader audience. The first are accessible surveys and reviews of contemporary knowledge about management and business issues. The goal would be to make information about empirical research in management accessible to the non-expert, including students, and the focus of the reviews would have to be on the phenomena of business and management, not the development of the academic literature.

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