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To examine the effects of shared values among team members and alignment with leadership on intragroup conflict, alongside the distinct impacts of task and emotional conflict on group outcomes.

March 1, 1994International Journal of Conflict Management

Enhancing Effectiveness: An Investigation of Advantages and Disadvantages of Value‐based Intragroup Conflict

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KJKaren A. JehnThe University of Melbourne

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Observational study reveals opposing effects of task and emotional conflict in workgroups, highlighting value alignment as a key driver of performance.

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To examine the effects of shared values among team members and alignment with leadership on intragroup conflict, alongside the distinct impacts of task and emotional conflict on group outcomes.
Assessed 88 workgroups (N=88) performing comparable organizational tasks.
Measured group value consensus among members, group value fit with external governing superiors, and self-reported emotional and task conflict.
Groups with low value similarity among members and between the group and leadership experienced higher conflict levels compared to groups with high value similarity.
Emotional conflict was negatively associated with group performance and member satisfaction.
Task-related conflict was positively associated with group performance.

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Karen A. Jehn (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0bf940d48675e4942320c8 https://doi.org/10.1108/eb022744

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Observational study reveals opposing effects of task and emotional conflict in workgroups, highlighting value alignment as a key driver of performance.

Enhancing Effectiveness: An Investigation of Advantages and Disadvantages of Value‐based Intragroup Conflict

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Enhancing Effectiveness: An Investigation of Advantages and Disadvantages of Value‐based Intragroup Conflict

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