Global Perspectives on Organizational Conflict - by Albert a Blum & M Afzalur Rahim Hardcover

About the Book

This edited collection examines organizational conflict and how it is handled in seven different countries (and cultures) around the globe: France, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey. Experts on each country discuss how various social, cultural, and economic forces affect conflict management; how managerial styles differ with regard to organizational and interpersonal conflict management; alternative dispute mechanisms available in each country for the resolution of conflict; and how general managerial effectiveness can be improved with respect to organizational conflict.

Book Synopsis

This edited collection examines organizational conflict and how it is handled in seven different countries (and cultures) around the globe: France, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey. Experts on each country discuss how various social, cultural, and economic forces affect conflict management; how managerial styles differ with regard to organizational and interpersonal conflict management; alternative dispute mechanisms available in each country for the resolution of conflict; and how general managerial effectiveness can be improved with respect to organizational conflict.

About the Author

M. AFZALUR RAHIM is Professor of Management at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He is the author of Managing Conflict in Organizations, Second Edition (Praeger, 1992) and editor of Managing Conflict: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Praeger, 1989) and Theory and Research in Conflict Management (Praeger, 1990).

ALBERT A. BLUM is Professor of Management at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. He is the editor of International Handbook of Industrial Relations (Greenwood, 1981).