Relational and Task Conflict

Lori A. Brown; Michael Elwood Roloff

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Relational and Task Conflict

Lori A. Brown, Michael Elwood Roloff

Communication Studies

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Conflict constitutes incompatible activity that in some cases results from or leads to disagreement. Scholars have distinguished between relational and task conflict. This entry examines two approaches used to study relational and task conflict. The first is a relational contextual approach and examines conflicts occurring within intimate relationships (e.g., marriage, family) relative to those that are defined primarily by the completion of tasks (e.g., employer–employee, work team). The second approach treats relational and task conflicts as characteristics of a disagreement and examines their effect on close and task-oriented relationships.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication
Editors	Charles R Berger, Michael E Roloff
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118540190
ISBN (Print)	9781118306055
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118540190.wbeic187
State	Published - 2016

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