Outlines the conflict‐handling style of a representative sample of 303 Singaporeans. Using the Thomas‐Kilmann conflict mode instrument, investigates some interesting gender, age, role and occupational differences in conflict‐handling style. Suggests that, while Western thought and practice...

Purpose – An increasingly popular method of facilitating employee and leadership development is via a career community (Parker et al. , 2004), where individuals self-organize to obtain career support. This study was driven by the following research question: how do external peer coaching...