Emily Holland 
The compromise conflict style allows the parties to find a way to resolve conflicts adequately and move forward. Dealing with conflict is a part of daily life for everyone. Conflict arises in the home, workplace, or social settings in even the most healthy relationships. Maintaining harmony can be difficult when multiple parties work together on …
While occasional periods of emotional distress can be expected, if you are consistently feeling like your intense emotions are out of control, you may be dealing with crippling emotional turbulence. Recognizing that your emotional landscape needs to be regulated to help you reach inner peace is the first step in creating emotional awareness and treating …
What is distributive negotiation exactly? Anyone who participates in negotiation has dealt with a situation where one party seeks to gain more and more until a good deal is too far away to reach. When the bargaining breaks down, and each person focuses on their own goals, it shifts from integrative bargaining to distributive negotiation. …
Adjudication is when a court judge resolves the issues between two or more parties. When you start a lawsuit, whether from criminal law or constitutional law, you hope to have a final solution to the issue at the core of the dispute. Within the legal system, there are a few ways to approach this final …
The beginning of a project is often when we seek the most feedback and help to determine if we are adequately preparing for and executing the project. However, this feedback is not always available to us at the beginning of the project, and it can be difficult to assess how well the plan and program …
We deal with conflict daily and we encounter the avoiding conflict style daily. From workplace conflicts to family issues, conflicts, and conflict resolution are a large part of our daily life. When in the middle of conflict, the parties involved will often be working toward a mutually beneficial outcome and attempt to build mutual respect, …
Mediated communication is communication where a technological medium is employed to communicate messages to another. In today’s technology-driven world, we spend less time in the same spaces as our friends and colleagues. Much of our work and free time is spent communicating through a screen with one another rather than sitting face-to-face. Technology has allowed …
What is a Value Conflict? Conflicts are an inherent part of social existence because we are in constant competition for resources. We also are in conflict because we have different goals and different ideas about our place in society, what our rights, duties, and responsibilities to other people are, and what constitutes right, wrong, …
Intergroup conflict might arise in any workplace as various groups work together to support and further the mission and collective interests of the company. Some groups are defined by job title—the accountants, the lawyers, and the marketing team. Other groups are defined by project or subject area. Still, others may be determined by the level in the company …
High-context communication focuses more on the context than the actual words being exchanged. If you grew up in the United States or other similar countries, you may notice that you communicate differently than people who grew up in other countries, particularly Asian countries. You may notice that you tend to be direct, and that can …