Question

Two supervisors, Justin and Shawn, had been given instructions to trim their group size by two people. Justin's personality tended to favor people. He was generally more sensitive to people, and was a thoughtful supervisor. Shawn was just the opposite. He was more concerned with group production, and considered people's feelings secondary to the work. Hence their approaches in trimming their teams were different. They could not see the other's point of view and hence they left the discussion thinking ill of each other. Which of the following types of conflict did Justin and Shawn experience?A. Personality conflictB. Functional conflictC. Intergroup conflictD. Cross-cultural conflictE. Programmed conflict

Answer 1

The following type of conflict was experienced by Justin and Shawn:

A. Personality conflict

They did not have any conflict over a particular issue or situation. Their extremely different personalities had conflicting view points causing Justin and Shawn to disagree on the best form of trimming their team.