Past research has shown that situations involving conflict arouse greater anxiety and discomfort in women than men, and that women are more likely to avoid conflict. In this research we examine how conflict avoidance affects emotional exhaustion. Specifically we asked, does avoiding conflict...

Prior research on emotion and team conflict has primarily focused on the experience of negative emotions, especially as they pertain to relationship conflict. We extend prior conceptualizations by considering both the valence of emotion (positive versus negative) and the activation level...

The response to initiation of negotiation is rarely investigated in negotiation research with the assumption that engagement is inevitable. Likewise, though a variety of topics are negotiated in organizations, negotiation research typically examines compensation and monetary issues. Two...