International Journal of Conflict Management: Volume 23 Issue 1

Conflict management and emotions

Richard A. Posthuma

The five studies included in this special issue focus on emotions and conflict management. These studies highlight how conflict management research can help managers, employees…

Affective choice of conflict management styles

Carlos Montes, Dámaso Rodríguez, Gonzalo Serrano

The purpose of this paper is to identify the affective factors underlying conflict behavior. Traditional conflict research assumes that when individuals face conflicts they follow…

Conflict and trust: the mediating effects of emotional arousal and self‐conscious emotions

Mingkai J. Chen, Oluremi B. Ayoko

Researchers suggest that trust building may be challenging in the face of conflict. However, there is an emerging proposition that conflict is critical for trust. Using affective…

Do offender and victim typical conflict styles affect forgiveness?

Marisa Donnoli, Eleanor H. Wertheim

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether victim and offender conflict management styles (yielding and forcing) predict forgiveness following an interpersonal transgression…

Venting as emotion regulation: The influence of venting responses and respondent identity on anger and emotional tone

Jennifer D. Parlamis

The purpose of this paper is to explore the emotion regulatory aspects of venting and use an attribution appraisal framework to investigate the differential impact on anger and…

Task and relationship conflict in short‐term and long‐term groups: The critical role of emotion regulation

Petru L. Curşeu, Smaranda Boroş, Leon A.G. Oerlemans

The purpose of this paper is to examine the triple interaction of task conflict, emotion regulation and group temporariness on the emergence of relationship conflict.

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