There are several types of conflict discussed in the literature: 1) Cognitive vs affective conflict, with cognitive being task-oriented and affective being emotional. 2) Relationship, task, and process conflict, with relationship stemming from incompatibilities, task from disagreements, and process from disagreement over approach. 3) Content vs relational conflict, with content being about issues and relational being about individuals. 4) Denial of identity/needs, domination conflicts, and high stakes distributional conflicts which are particularly likely to cause intractable conflicts.

1. TYPES
OF
CONFLICT
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2. TYPES OF CONFLICT (AMASON AND
SAPIENZA, 1997)
Types of conflict
affective
cognitive

3. TYPES OF CONFLICT (AMASON AND
SAPIENZA, 1997)
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Amason and Sapienza in turn differentiate in their
study The Effects of Top Management Team Size
and interaction Norms on Cognitive and Affective
Conflict". Journal of Management between:
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cognitive conflict is task-oriented and arises from
differences in perspective or judgement, and
affective conflict is emotional and arises from
personal differences and disputes
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4. TYPES OF CONFLICT (JEHN AND
MANNIX, 2001)
Types of conflict
relationship
task
process

5. TYPES OF CONFLICT (JEHN AND
MANNIX, 2001)
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In their study "The dynamic nature of conflict: A
longitudinal study.". Academy of Management
Journal, they have proposed a division of conflicts
into three types:
Relationship conflict stems from interpersonal
incompatibilities
task conflict is related to disagreements in
viewpoints and opinion about a particular task, and
process conflict refers to disagreement over the
group’s approach to the task, its methods, and its
group process.

6. TYPES OF CONFLICT (JEHN AND MANNIX,
2001)
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They note that although relationship conflict and
process conflict are harmful, task conflict is found to
be beneficial since it encourages diversity of
opinions, although care should be taken so it does
not develop into process or relationship conflict.

7. RELATIONSHIP CONFLICT

9. TASK CONFLICT
& PROCESS CONFLICT

11. TYPES OF CONFLICT (SOPHIA JOWETT, 2007)
Types of conflict
content
relational

12. TYPES OF CONFLICT (JOWETT, 2007)
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She differentiates in her book Social Psychology in
Sport between:
content conflict, where individuals disagree about
how to deal with a certain issue, and
relational conflict, where individuals disagree about
one another, noting that the content conflict can be
beneficial, increasing motivation and stimulating
discussion, whereas the relational conflicts
decreases performance, loyalty, satisfaction, and
commitment, and causes individuals to be irritable,
negative and suspicious.

13. TYPES OF CONFLICT (INTERNATIONAL ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM
ON INTRACTABLE CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESEARCH CONSORTIUM, UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO, USA)
The Denial of Identity
The Denial of Other Human
Needs
Domination Conflicts
High Stakes Distributional
Conflicts

14. TYPES OF CONFLICT (INTERNATIONAL ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM
ON INTRACTABLE CONFLICT
CONFLICT RESEARCH CONSORTIUM, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO,
USA)
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Although intractable conflicts can involve almost any
issue, some kinds of issues are particularly likely to cause
conflicts to become intractable. Among these are the
following:
The Denial of Identity-The denial of a person's sense of self or
the legitimacy of his or her group identity
The Denial of Other Human Needs-In addition to identity
(which is a fundamental need), the denial of other
fundamental needs such as security, or the ability to pursue
one's own goals often leads to intractable conflicts.
Domination Conflicts-Conflicts about who is on top of whom in
the social, political, and economic structure tend to be
intractable.
High Stakes Distributional Conflicts -High stakes win-lose
conflicts over who gets what and how much can often become
intractable.

15. REFERENCES:
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Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, USA.
Retrived from
http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/!core_problems.htm
Sophia Jowett (2007). Social Psychology in Sport. Human
Kinetics. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7360-5780-6. Retrieved 11
October 2012.
Jehn, K. A.; Mannix, E. A. (1 April 2001). "The dynamic nature
of conflict: A longitudinal study.". Academy of Management
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Amason, A. C.; Sapienza, H. J. (1 August 1997). "The Effects
of Top Management Team Size and interaction Norms on
Cognitive and Affective Conflict". Journal of
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