Missing from extant conflict literature is an examination of both symmetric and asymmetric conflict ties. To address this void, network analysis was utilized to examine the responses (both symmetric and asymmetric conflict ties) of 140 employees and managers in four divisions of a large agency of the Federal Government. The study was limited to conflict over scarce resources. Conflict management methods were examined as well as the perceptions of how respondents both cope with and feel about conflict. The results indicate that when two people in a conflict setting are structurally equivalent they both report actions and feelings that are opposite from those of- the other person. This finding, an inverse contagion effect, has been termed diffusion resistance.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc501212 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Helt, Kimberly M. (Kimberly Mae) |
| Contributors | Bruner, Michael S., Neal, David M., Morris, Richard J. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vii, 105 leaves: ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Helt, Kimberly M. (Kimberly Mae), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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