TY - JOUR
T1 - Intergroup conflict and intergroup effectiveness in organizations
T2 - theory and scale development
AU - Richter, Andreas W.
AU - Scully, Judy
AU - West, Michael A.
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - Many see the absence of conflict between groups as indicative of effective intergroup relations. Others consider its management a suitable effectiveness criterion. In this article we demarcate a different approach and propose that these views are deficient in describing effective intergroup relations. The article theorizes alternative criteria of intergroup effectiveness rooted in team representatives' subjective value judgements and assesses the psychometric characteristics of a short measure based on these criteria. Results on empirical validity suggest the measure to be a potential alternative outcome of organizational conflict. Implications for both the study of intergroup relations and conflict theory are discussed. © 2005 Psychology Press Ltd.
AB - Many see the absence of conflict between groups as indicative of effective intergroup relations. Others consider its management a suitable effectiveness criterion. In this article we demarcate a different approach and propose that these views are deficient in describing effective intergroup relations. The article theorizes alternative criteria of intergroup effectiveness rooted in team representatives' subjective value judgements and assesses the psychometric characteristics of a short measure based on these criteria. Results on empirical validity suggest the measure to be a potential alternative outcome of organizational conflict. Implications for both the study of intergroup relations and conflict theory are discussed. © 2005 Psychology Press Ltd.
KW - conflict
KW - groups
KW - effective intergroup relations
KW - effectiveness
KW - intergroup relations
KW - intergroup effectiveness
KW - subjective value judgements
KW - psychometric characteristics
KW - organizational conflict
KW - conflict theory
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UR - http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1359-432X&volume=14&issue=2&spage=177
U2 - 10.1080/13594320444000263
DO - 10.1080/13594320444000263
M3 - Article
SN - 1359-432X
VL - 14
SP - 177
EP - 203
JO - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
JF - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
IS - 2
ER -