PondyLouis R., “Organizational Conflict: Concepts and Models,”Administrative Science Quarterly (September 1967), pp. 296–320.
2.
ThomasKenneth W., “Worker Interests and Managerial Interests: The Need for Pluralism in Organization Development,”Industrial Relations Research Association Proceedings (1976), pp. 338–344.
3.
WoodwardJoan, Management and Technology (London: HMSO, 1960).
4.
Thomas, op. cit: See also: PettigrewAndrew M., “Towards a Political Theory of Organizational Intervention,”Human Relations (April 1975), pp. 191–208.
5.
KilmannRalph H.ThomasKenneth W., “Four Perspectives on Conflict Management: An Attributional Framework for Organizing Normative and Descriptive Theory,”Academy of Management Review (January 1978), pp. 59–68.
6.
Ibid.
7.
Robbins at times uses the term “conflict” to include both the occurrence of differences and a kind of behavior used to deal with differences. In keeping with the purpose of this collection of articles, our discussion here is focused upon his behavioral use of the term.
8.
MasonRichard O., “A Dialectical Approach to Strategic Planning,”Management Science (April 1969), pp. 403–414.