Summary of: Luo, Y., & Lu, L. (2020, November). A review of research on team conflict, conflict management and team performance. Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, 155, 321-326. https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.201128.062 Background & Theory: Over the past few decades, utilizing teams within the workplace has been increasingly common. With uptick in team collaboration naturally comes...
We know conflict is inevitable in stressful situations where a myriad of personalities rely on each other to get things done. Avoiding conflict entirely is not only typically impossible, but it can be an ineffective way of handling tension that’s on the verge of erupting into something more. While avoiding conflict may feel like the...
Summary of: Halabi, S., Dovidio, J. F., & Nadler, A. (2021). When intergroup helping helps intergroup relations: The moderating role of trust in the outgroup. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, 104141. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104141 Background & Theory Trust is a factor that can moderate how a member of a low-status group responds to help offered by...
Summary of: Kim, S. & Harwood, J. (2020). Facebook contact: The effect of an outgroup member’s language proficiency on desire for future intergroup contact. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 77, 160-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.05.007 Background & Theory This article examined how language can impact one’s ability to mesh with outgroup members and the likelihood of further developing...
Summary of: Barbour, P.J., & Bourne, D. (2020). Developing sociality in a post-conflict Northern Ireland: An application of the perceiver element grid. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 1-25. Background & Theory George Kelly invented the concept of Personal Construct Psychology which looks at the self as a personal construct. He argued that the events of the past...
Summary of: Bas-Sarmiento, P., Fernández-Gutiérrez, M., Baena-Baños, M., Correro-Bermejo, A., Sergio Soler-Martins, P., & de la Torre-Moyano, S. (2020). Empathy training in health sciences: A systematic review. Nurse Education in Practice, 44, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102739 Background & Theory This article explored how empathy training can impact people in the workplace, in this case, specifically those in...
Summary of: Çakal, H., Halabi, S., Cazan, A. M., & Eller, A. (2021). Intergroup contact and endorsement of social change motivations: The mediating role of intergroup trust, perspective-taking, and intergroup anxiety among three advantaged groups in Northern Cyprus, Romania, and Israel. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(1), 48–67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219885163 Background & Theory We have covered...
Summary of: Morandin, G., Russo, M., & Bergami, M. (2021). Imagining the newcomer–supervisor relationship: Future relational self in the workplace. Human Resource Management Journal, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12340 Background & Theory: For incoming employees, the future work self is the conceptual hoped-for self that one will actualize at their future job. Many past studies have focused on...
Summary of: Upadhyay, D. (2021). Consideration of future consequences and decision-making patterns as determinants of conflict management styles. IIMB Management Review, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2021.03.006 Background & Theory This article explores how the consideration of future consequences (CFC), decision making styles, and conflict management styles (cooperative vs. competitive) are all related. The author makes an argument that...
Summary of: Gøtzsche-Astrup, O., van den Bos, K., & Hogg, M. A. (2020). Radicalization and violent extremism: Perspectives from research on group processes and intergroup relations. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 23(8), 1127-1136. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220970319 Background & Theory This article provides an overview of recent research as it pertains to radicalization and violent extremism, and the...
