Differences of Interpersonal Conflict Management Styles between Korean and Canadian Bankers : A Comparative Study

Abstract

With the globalization of business activities, a greater need seems to exist now than ever before for studies of organizational behavior in different cultures. This is especially true for empirical studies of managerial practice in

Korea. A review of this literature found this need even more pronounced for conflict managernent.Gviggundu. Jorgensen, & Hafsi, 1983). Conflict has emerged as a major subfield of organizational behavior. as both scholars and practitioners realized its inevitability in organizational life. The emphasis in the field has gradually shifted from harms or uses of conflict toward its management, including the different styles of handling conflict.