"The chapters in this book were presented at a conference held at the Kellogg School of Management in June 2005 entitled Conflict in Organizational Groups : New Directions in Theory and Practice."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conflict within and between organizational groups: functional, dysfunctional, and quasifunctional perspectives / Kristin J. Behfar and Leigh L. Thompson -- Garnering the benefits of conflict: the role of diversity and status distance in groups / Kathy W. Phillips and Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt -- Group heterogeneity and faultlines: comparing alignment and dispersion theories of group composition / Katerina Bezrukova, Sherry M. B. Thatcher, and Karen A. Jehn -- Does one rotten apple spoil the barrel?: using a configuration approach to assess the conflict-inducing effects of a high-neuroticism team member / Randall S. Peterson, Julie Davidson, and Lisa M. Moynihan -- Selective consequences of war / Holly Arrow ... [et al.] -- Group conflict as an emergent state: temporal issues in the conceptualization and measurement of disagreement / Gerardo A. Okhuysen and Hettie A. Richardson -- Conflict and autonomy in teams: integration and new directions for research / Claus Langfred -- The differential effects of trust and respect on team conflict / Matthew A. Cronin and Laurie R. Weingart -- Confronting members who break norms: the influence on team effectiveness / Vanessa Urch Druskat and Steven B. Wolff -- Investing in intrateam conflict / Ruth Wageman and Ashley Donnenfeld.