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Irreconcilable Differences: Conceptualizing Conflict in Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour

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Irreconcilable Differences: Conceptualizing Conflict in Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour
Abstract
Over the past several decades, industrial relations (IR) scholars have consistently advocated for better integration of their conflict theory and empirical research with that of the neighbouring discipline of organizational behaviour (OB). Achievement of such a goal has nonetheless been a continuing challenge. Offering a novel perspective on the quest for integration, this paper categorizes the distinct and dissimilar conceptual norms of conflict in IR and OB, concluding that conceptualizations of conflict in the two disciplines are built upon irreconcilable logics. Although a unified conceptualization of conflict across these differing logics is not possible, a better understanding of their irreconcilability could facilitate a more robust and ultimately fruitful dialogue among IR and OB researchers.
Publication
Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations
Volume
78
Issue
4
Pages
16 pages
Date
2023
Journal Abbr
ri
Language
English
ISSN
0034-379X, 1703-8138
Short Title
Irreconcilable Differences
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Publisher: Département des relations industrielles de l’Université Laval
Citation
Dickey, T. (2023). Irreconcilable Differences: Conceptualizing Conflict in Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 78(4), 16 pages. https://doi.org/10.7202/1111502ar