Models of Intragroup Conflict in Management: A Literature Review

Authors

Matthew W. McCarter, University of Texas at San Antonio
Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni, Duke University
Darcy Fudge Kamal, Chapman UniversityFollow
H. Min Bang, Duke University
Steven J. Hyde, University of Texas at San Antonio
Reshma Maredia, University of Texas at San Antonio

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-7-2018

Abstract

The study of intragroup dynamics in management studies views conflict as a contingency process that can benefit or harm a group based of characteristics of the group and context. We review five models of intragroup conflict in management studies. These models include diversity-conflict and behavioral negotiation models that focus primarily on conflict within a group of people; social exchange and transaction cost economics models that focus primarily on conflict within a group of firms; and social dilemma models that focus on conflict in collectives of people, organizations, communities, and generations. The review is constituted by summarizing the insights of each model, foundational papers to each model; the most recent uses and developments of the models in the last decade; the complementarity of these models; and the future research directions.

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization in 2018. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2018.04.017

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Recommended Citation

McCarter, M. W., Wade-Benzoni, K., Kamal, D. K. F., Bang, H. M., Hyde, S. J., & Maredia, R. (2018). Models of intragroup conflict in management: A literature review. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2018.04.017

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