TY - JOUR
T1 - Conflict management, efficacy, and performance in organizational teams
AU - ALPER, Steve
AU - TJOSVOLD, Dean William
AU - LAW, S., Kenneth
PY - 2000/9/1
Y1 - 2000/9/1
N2 - The study empirically links conflict management literature with research on efficacy and organizational teams. Sixty-one self-managing teams with 489 employees were recruited from the production department of a leading electronic manufacturer. Structural equation analysis supports the model that a cooperative instead of competitive approach to conflict leads to conflict efficacy that in turn results in effective performance as measured by managers. Findings suggest how organizational teams can be prepared to make use of their autonomy to deal with problems and conflicts so that they are productive.
AB - The study empirically links conflict management literature with research on efficacy and organizational teams. Sixty-one self-managing teams with 489 employees were recruited from the production department of a leading electronic manufacturer. Structural equation analysis supports the model that a cooperative instead of competitive approach to conflict leads to conflict efficacy that in turn results in effective performance as measured by managers. Findings suggest how organizational teams can be prepared to make use of their autonomy to deal with problems and conflicts so that they are productive.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/2038
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034259848&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00216.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2000.tb00216.x
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0031-5826
VL - 53
SP - 625
EP - 642
JO - Personnel Psychology
JF - Personnel Psychology
IS - 3
ER -