Disagreements over what needs to be done and/or how it should be done - can be a powerful driver of creativity, but predominantly when it comes from critical members and only when the team shares ...

Even if your corporate culture is good, there will be internal conflicts from time to time. Personalities are bound to clash, and outside events can increase stress. If you notice the same kind of ...

Working from home is causing some employees to take work disagreements personally. This is because remote work blurs the line between task conflict and emotional conflict, according to Scott ...

Answer the following question: Is workplace conflict a) uncomfortable, b) necessary, c) preventable or d) all of the above? If you picked D, go to the head of the class. Conflict is natural and normal ...

Cognitive control encompasses the executive processes that enable individuals to maintain task focus, inhibit distractions, and adapt behaviour in response to conflict or changing task demands. A ...

Rightfully celebrated, authenticity in the workplace may have some limitations. Authentic behaviour, or behaving in a way that aligns with personal values and understanding, enhances employees’ ...

Source: Woodcut from Basil Valentine's "Azoth," c. 1650, via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. We are told from childhood to “play nice,” to keep the peace, to smooth things over. But what if this ...

The Stroop task remains a fundamental paradigm for investigating cognitive conflict and attentional control. In this task, participants are required to name the ink colour of a word that may itself ...

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