TY - GEN
T1 - Do Egyptian managers differentiate between task and personal conflicts?
AU - Elbanna, Said
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Distinguishing between different dimensions of conflict makes it easier to understand its effect on strategic decision making (SDM) and both decision and organisation outcomes. Previous empirical research in the US setting shows that people differentiate between task conflict and personal conflict. Hence, it is expected that one dimension of conflict will be found to play a positive role in SDM, while another dimension plays a negative role. Inconsistent with related research in the US setting, our study shows that Egyptian decision makers are not able to differentiate between personal conflict and task conflict in the SDM process. We conclude that in the era of increasing globalisation, culture is likely to have considerable power to explain differences in the perception of people of strategic management concepts and then their behaviours and actions.
AB - Distinguishing between different dimensions of conflict makes it easier to understand its effect on strategic decision making (SDM) and both decision and organisation outcomes. Previous empirical research in the US setting shows that people differentiate between task conflict and personal conflict. Hence, it is expected that one dimension of conflict will be found to play a positive role in SDM, while another dimension plays a negative role. Inconsistent with related research in the US setting, our study shows that Egyptian decision makers are not able to differentiate between personal conflict and task conflict in the SDM process. We conclude that in the era of increasing globalisation, culture is likely to have considerable power to explain differences in the perception of people of strategic management concepts and then their behaviours and actions.
KW - Conflict
KW - Egypt
KW - Startegic decision making
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U2 - 10.1109/IACSIT-SC.2009.84
DO - 10.1109/IACSIT-SC.2009.84
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70449572522
SN - 9780769536538
T3 - 2009 International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology - Spring Conference, IACSIT-SC 2009
SP - 593
EP - 597
BT - 2009 International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology - Spring Conference, IACSIT-SC 2009
T2 - 2009 International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology - Spring Conference, IACSIT-SC 2009
Y2 - 17 April 2009 through 20 April 2009
ER -