Intragroup conflict

:::gratae vero nostrae dis immortalibus gratulationes erunt, gratae victimae, cum interfecta sit civium multitudo! 'de improbis' inquit 'et audacibus.' :::nam sic eos appellat clarissimus vir: quae sunt urbanarum maledicta litium, non inustae belli internecini notae. :::testamenta, credo, subiciunt aut eiciunt vicinos aut adulescentulos circumscribunt: his enim vitiis adfectos et talibus malos aut audacis appellare consuetudo solet.}} ## Subject development ### Ancient #### Eristic The term eristic, which is thought to originate with Plato, describes a dispute or quarrel. #### Stasis The Politics of Aristotle (of Stagira) uses the term *stasis* a political conflict, translated by some modern authors as civil war (which though is an analog) occuring within city-states of ancient Greece. The Aristotle description of *stasis* includes "within like-minded groups". (Skultety 2019) ### Modern In the years leading up to 2008, intragroup conflict has received a large amount of attention in conflict and group dynamics literature. This increase in interest in studying intragroup conflict may be a natural corollary of the ubiquitous use of work groups and work teams across all levels of organizations, including decision-making task forces, project groups, or production teams. ## Antecedents There are a number of antecedents of intragroup conflict. While not an exhaustive list, researchers have identified a number of antecedents of intragroup conflict, including low task or goal uncertainty, increased group size, increased diversity (i.e., gender, age, race), lack of information sharing, and high task interdependence. ## Types The American Psychological Association determines the existence of three such intra-conflictual problems in team organisations: process, relationship, task. ## Measuring Jehn developed the Intragroup Conflict Scale (ICS) to measure two types of intragroup conflicts (i.e., task and relationship conflict). The ICS consists of eight 7-point Likert scale items which assess intragroup conflict. This scale has been applied in a number of contexts including decision making groups and groups in the moving industry. Furthermore, this scale has high construct and predictive validity. ## Group outcomes Effects of intragroup conflict on group performance or outcome is moderated by a number of factors including the context under which it is examined and the type of outcome. According to one study, task conflict has a less negative relationship (and at times even positive) with group performance and outcomes than believed previously. The results of the study also showed that intragroup conflict is not always negative or detrimental to group performance; for example, task conflict has been related positively to group performance and outcomes when such conflict occurs in management groups. ## Notes ## References ## Sources ## References 1. Forsyth, D. R.. (2009). "Group dynamics". *[[Wadsworth Cengage Learning]]*. 2. Gençer, Hüseyin. (2019). 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