Using a sample of 114 MBA students in a Business Policy simulation,
relationships among personality, conflict-handling modes of behav
ior, and group task effectiveness are hypothesized and tested Empiri
cal support was found associating personality with preference for the
smoothing forcing and confrontation modes of conflict resolution.
These preferences were associated with actual behaviors and the ac
tual behaviors were associated with group task effectiveness.
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