The current study examined leaders’ and subordinates’ conflict management strategies and how they relate to dyadic relationship quality. While... Show moreThe current study examined leaders’ and subordinates’ conflict management strategies and how they relate to dyadic relationship quality. While a number of prior studies have investigated individual CMS styles and their association with outcomes of interest (including measures of relationship quality), this was the first study to measure and analyze full CMS profiles from both upward and downward perspectives. In high-quality LMX conditions, this study found a high degree of similarity between supervisors’ and subordinates’ full CMS profiles towards each other. Both supervisors and subordinates were higher on agreeable (i.e. integrating, obliging, and compromising) than disagreeable (i.e. dominating and avoiding) CMS. In low/moderate-quality LMX, supervisors and subordinates had dissimilar CMS profiles. The potential causes of differences between supervisor and subordinate CMS in low/moderate-quality LMX were explored. Contributions to the CMS research and practical implications were discussed. M.S. in Psychology, May 2011 Show less
