Open AccessORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT: A CONTEXTUAL EXPLORATION
Author(s) -
Olu Ojo,
Samuel Adebayo Idowu,
Haorayau Bolaji Babalola
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zbornik radova/zbornik radova - journal of economy and business
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-1097
pISSN - 1840-3255
DOI - 10.46458/27121097.2020.26.131
Subject(s) - organizational conflict , ambivalence , organizational commitment , order (exchange) , organizational learning , meaning (existential) , organization development , organizational studies , organizational effectiveness , conflict management , knowledge management , public relations , psychology , political science , social psychology , sociology , business , computer science , social science , finance , psychotherapist
This paper examines the concept, causes, classes, consequences and control of organizational conflict. The study discovered that like many other areas of academic endeavor, conflict generates considerable ambivalence and leaves many managers and scholars quite uncertain about its meaning, sources or causes, typologies, effects and remedy. Thus, this study covers the definition of conflict, causes of conflicts in an organizational setting and classifications of organizational conflicts. Other issues discussed are positive and negative consequences of organizational conflicts and steps that are needed to be taken in order to manage, minimize and solve organizational conflicts. This will help in extending the frontier of knowledge in this area of academic discipline.