How do cultural differences influence and shape conflict patterns and conflict management styles? Is there such a thing as productive conflict? What does it look like and how can it facilitate positive conflict communication among relational partners from different cultural backgrounds?
Cultural differences have started fade away with the help of industrialization and globalisation. People have started understanding each other and started living together. But, we can’t say that it’s entirely true because there are people out there who look at other people as inferior and are not ready to accept others as equals. This creates lots of conflicts among people, especially in a country like US. Individualistic cultures try to avoid conflicts and they always try to win the argument. Collective cultures give more importance to what others have to say.
People who are from two distinctive cultures try to live together, they both needs to be open to accept, acknowledge and appreciate the cultural richness of each other. Positive conflict is something that connects and binds people together and it’s like calm after the storm. Conflicts helps people open up and share more information in the form of clarifying, persuading and respecting each other’s cultures.
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