A Sino-U.S. Comparison of Work-Family Conflict and Its Implications to American Managers A SINO-U.S. COMPARISON OF WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT 2 Abstract In this qualitative study, work-family conflict in China and the United States is compared and contrasted based on national culture, traditions, norms, and living standards. The analysis results in a proposition that Chinese employees will experience less work-family conflict when faced with the same work and family demand
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LITERRATURE REVIEW Different management scholars ,psychologist as well as human relations have explained conflict as a concept. Esquivel and Wiener (1997) described conflict as “ a discord that occurs when the goals , interest or values of different individuals or groups are incompatiable with each other in an attempt to achieve their objectives. Lawal (1993) described conflict as the disagreement of organization members or groups over means or ends and an attempt to establish their views in preference
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Part I: Personal Conflict Style for Self-Development (Primary, Backup, & Limiting) In my opinion, the Life Styles Inventory illustrated scores on how I recognize my conflicts. Below conflict styles represent my strengths and weakest styles. • My primary conflict style was Conciliator, which I scored the highest on and (95th percentile). • My backup conflict style was Pragmatist, which I scored the second highest score(93rd percentile) • My limiting conflict style was Dominator
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way they are supposed to. Another conflict at work is when ethical dilemmas become an issue at work. This is when a person is asked to or required to do a task at work that violates his or her own personal values. Religion can be a reason that ethical dilemmas happen. For example, one person may need to take Saturday off from work completely because he or she wants to observe the Sabbath, but the job requires one to work on Saturdays. Another example of conflict in the workforce is interpersonal
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8 The Organizational Development (OD) of Apple Inc…………………….……..9 The Organizational Effectiveness (OE) of Apple Inc……………………………9 Effects of Conflict on the OB, OD, and OE of Apple Inc…………………...…..10 Benefits and Weaknesses of Motivation used by Apple Inc…………………..…11 Impact of Culture, Leadership Style and Motivational Style in the Firm………11 Recommendations………………………………………………………..………13 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………..……14 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………...…15
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CASE –iv Conflict in close quarters Overview of the Case Study (3 slides) The case study was an experiment to study the dynamics of isolation in long-term space travel by a team of psychologists at Moscow's Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). Within the confines of a replica Mir space station, three international researchers, including a Canadian, Japanese and Austrian participant were isolated with four Russian cosmonauts for 110 days. At the New Year's Eve party, the participants
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Analysis of case According to the case, Michael Eisner was in conflicts with Disney’s competing companies, board members and partners. To better illustrate, I separate each disagreement below. From the side of Weinstein brother, One of the reasons causes the conflicts between them may be Incompatible Goals. Since Disney was eager to purchase Miramax films, founded by the Weinstein Company, he obviously wanted to pay fewer funds as a buyer. On the contrary, as a seller, Weinstein brothers
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Motivation is a driving force in the everyday lives of men and women as they interact with one another and go about their day. Motivation is defined as the processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal (Robbins & Judge, 2012). As the business world becomes increasingly more diverse, it is important that managers develop ways to handle the variety of motivations they will encounter in the work day. There are many approaches to
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Conflict Management Conflict is as inevitable in a project environment as change seems to be. When project team members interact during the course of completing their tasks and responsibilities, there is always a potential for conflict. In fact, it is virtually impossible for people with diverse background skills and norms to work together; make decisions, and try to meet project goals and objectives without conflict. “Project managers must identify, analyze, and evaluate both positive and negative
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reflected by their attachment style. Attachment styles affect relational quality, which leads to different relationship outcomes. The study evaluates whether partner perceptions of conflict styles and relational maintenance strategies differ as a function of attachment styles—particularly with the context of friendship. Bippus and Rollin’s article can be found in the Communication Reports inside the Sacramento State Library. This article targets the topic of conflict management in relationships by providing
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