According to Karl Marx, conflict is an attribute of an enduring power struggle between the employer and the employees over the control of various aspect of work, nature of tasks, values and rate of remuneration. Industrial conflict occurs when employees express their dissatisfaction with management over the current state of the management-employee relationship. The causes of such dissatisfaction are typically matters related to regular wage payment, wage increase or remunerations according to terms of employment contract.
Conflict may manifest in the form of peaceful bargaining and grievance handling of boycotts or restriction of output, sabotage and above all absenteeism which could be grouped into formal and inform. It should be noted that the absence of strikes does not imply or mean there is no industrial conflict because such conflict could be express latently or covertly.
FORMS OF CONFLICT AND HOW IT CAN BE AVERTED:
Leadership Style
This style of leadership is importance to ensure team work, and creates harmony in a group by connecting people to each other whereby leadership style is being used against the employee.an autocratic leadership style will definitely breeds conflictual atmosphere.
Poor Communication Poor communication creates uncertainty between the employer and the employee that leads to stress and conflict. For instance, a worker may be waiting for his employer to deliver key information so they can complete a task on time. If the employer does not respond to the worker's request for specific information or neglects to keep the worker in the loop, the worker may begin to worry that their set target will not be delivered in a timely manner which the employer may use against them in their key performance appraisal. Failure to develop and communicate clear job description will result to conflict.
Political instability: Unstable government