Relationship Between Personal and Work Conflict Style
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
Review Chapter 2: Power and Conflict Styles in the required course textbook from Week 1.
Read Chapter 10: Conflict in Organizations and Families in the textbook.
Read How to Successfully Manage Workplace Conflict..
Read How to Manage Interpersonal Conflict in Your Team.
From Chapter 2 of the textbook, you learned that, at least partially, children often learn their conflict styles from their parents. That conflict style may then carry over into adulthood. However, over time the child may have learned, within the context of family, to moderate their emotions when interacting with others. The now-adult or near-adult individual may use that style or a modified style in the workplace.
In a post of at least 300 words, complete the following:
Discuss your childhood conflict style.
Discuss how that style has been modified over time.
Describe how conflict at work would be impacted if you utilized your childhood style.
Describe how your current conflict style impacts conflict at work.
Articulate one thing that you can improve upon in handling conflict at work
Text
Jandt, F. E. (2016). Conflict and communication. Sage.
Chapter 10: Conflict in Organizations and Families.
The full-text version of this ebook is available in your classroom through the RedShelf platform. Chapter 10 discusses where conflict is to be found and the outcomes of those conflicts. The chapter also provides details on the types of families that exist and the focus of conflict communication within those family types. This chapter will assist you in The Relationship Between Personal Conflict Style and Work Conflict Style discussion forum this week.
The Relationship between Personal Conflict Style and Work Conflict Style
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The Relationship between Personal Conflict Style and Work Conflict Style
Different people had different childhood styles. My childhood conflict style was avoidance. I frequently avoided addressing or discussing conflict (Shonk, 2023). There were even other instances where I failed to pursue my beliefs or those of their people, and usually, I frequently dodged the conflict whenever it came up (Amaresan, 2022). This conflict style frequently makes me suffer from a series of frustrations.
However, over time, my conflict style started to be modified by different situations. For example, there were instances where my fellow peers started taking advantage of me since they knew that I rarely criticized their ideas (Cooks-Campbell, 2022). Moreover, there were other instances where they called me weak because I could not defend myself whenever the conflict arose. As time progressed started to raise concerns regarding the issues that I was not happy about, which have made me more vocal regarding my views.
I am currently employing the competing conflict style. In this style, I usually look to achieve my self-interest and satisfaction. In most instan...