Conceptualizing the Relationship between Individualism – Collectivism and Conflict Management Styles at Individual Level

Purpose This paper aims to examine the asymmetric effect of cultural distance on the relationship between cultural intelligence and expatriate adjustment through the mechanisms of conflict management styles. Design/methodology/approach This paper conceptualizes a model depicting the interplay between culture intelligence, conflict management styles, cultural flows and expatriate adjustment. Findings The authors argue that the integrating style aggravates the positive effects of cultural intelligence on expatriate adjustment, while the avoiding style may undermine such effects. There is also a possible moderating effect of cultural distance asymmetry on the relationship between cultural intelligence and expatriate adjustment such that, the positive influence of cultural intelligence on adjustment is reinforced when the expatriate is sent from a loose cultural environment to adjust to a tight cultural environment, and that the positive influence of cultural intelligence on adjustment is diminished when the expatriate is sent from a tight cultural environment to adjust to a loose cultural environment. Originality/value This paper explicates the mediating effect of conflict management styles and the moderating roles of cultural distance asymmetry on the relationship between cultural intelligence and expatriate adjustment. The authors suggest that the level of adjustment is contingent on the direction of cultural flows that the assignment operates in.

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The relationship between conflict management styles and managers’ creativity in small and medium enterprises

Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities ◽

10.5958/2249-7315.2015.00094.5 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 211

Author(s):

Mina Ahmadi ◽

Hamed Mohammadi-sh

Keyword(s):

Conflict Management ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Management Styles ◽

Conflict Management Styles ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

The Relationship

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Emotional intelligence, conflict management styles, and innovation performance

International Journal of Conflict Management ◽

10.1108/ijcma-06-2014-0039 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 450-478 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Su Juan Zhang ◽

Yong Qiang Chen ◽

Hui Sun

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Conflict Management ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Innovation Performance ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Management Styles ◽

Conflict Management Styles ◽

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The Relationship

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the relationship among emotional intelligence (EI), conflict management styles (CMSs) and innovation performance, and test the mediating effects of various types of CMSs. Innovation is playing a more and more critical role in the survival and development of companies. EI is assumed to be an antecedent of employees’ innovation performance. Conflict is an inevitable phenomenon in organizations, and different CMSs have different impacts on individual performance. Design/methodology/approach – Research data were obtained from 159 employees in the construction industry in China. SPSS 19.0 was used to test and verify the hypotheses concerning the relationship among EI, CMSs and innovation performance. The authors also conducted a 500-times bootstrapping to verify the mediating roles of different CMSs. Findings – Results indicate that EI is positively and significantly associated with integrating, compromising and dominating styles, as well as innovation performance in the construction industry. In addition, the integrating style has a significantly positive relationship with innovation performance. This research also confirms the mediating effect of integrating style on the relationship between EI and innovation performance. Practical implications – The authors recommend that managers, especially in the construction industry, who are willing to maintain high levels of innovation performance of employees can provide EI training programs. In addition, to improve innovation performance, companies should provide employees with appropriate training emphasizing the importance of conflict management strategies, especially the integrating style. Originality/value – Limited research has focused on the antecedents of conflict management strategies or the relationship between EI and innovation performance. A framework integrating EI, CMSs and innovation performance is put forward and empirical evidence of the relationship between EI and employees’ innovation performance is provided. This research helps to have a better understanding of the relationship between EI and innovation performance by introducing the integrating style as a mediating variable.

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