Introduction: The focus of this chapter has been on intergroup conflict in organizations. However, there are many different types of conflict, such as interpersonal conflict, political conflict, international conflict, military conflict, religious conflict, marital conflict, and others. Choose two different types of conflict to research on the Internet. You may use the ones mentioned here or some other type of conflict.
Internet Assignment: Use the Internet to research the two types of conflict that you have chosen. You may have to be creative in your search to find information on some of them.
Follow-up: How much information were you able to find on the types of conflict you chose? What different types of literature were you able to find on each? Finally, respond to the following questions about your findings.
- How difficult was it to find out information on these topics?
- Was the approach to conflict in the areas you researched quite different from or similar to the conflict approach described in the text?
- Why do you think the differences and similarities you found exist?
