Question

A senior team leader has just been offered a job with another company. The offer includes a promotion and more money, but requires a move to a town that is undesirable to the team leader. She has great difficulty deciding whether to take the job when she considers the pros and cons of the offer. The conflict she is experiencing is known as ________ conflict.

Answer 1

The conflict she is experiencing is known as approach-avoidance conflict.

Step-by-step explanation:

Approach-avoidance conflict is said to occur when someone finds himself/herself in the middle of a situation that has both negative and positive aspects. In other words, such a person has to make the decision of pursuing a goal that has its advantages or avoiding the same goal because of its disadvantages.

The senior team leader (in the question) just got a job that promotes her in ranks (an advantage) with an increase in pay compared to what she used to earn (also an advantage). However, in order to work such a job, she has to relocate to a town that she doesn't like (a huge disadvantage).

Thus, she is quite uncertain about whether to take the job in view of its advantage or leave it in view of its disadvantage. In other words, she is experiencing conflicting thoughts in the middle of a situation that has both negative and positive aspects.

Answer 2

Approach-Avoidance

Step-by-step explanation:

Approach avoidance conflict is a situation whereby a goal possesses both positive aspects and negative aspects making the goal look appealing and unappealing at the same time leading to the approach and avoidance reactions at thesame time. In this case, the goal is a new job and the positive aspects or advantages are increased in both position and money when compared to her current job. But has a negative aspects of relocating tons new place in which is not desired by the individual.