Cultural Differences in Conflict Management Styles in South Korean and U.S. Organizations

• In Event: Cultural Lessons for Organizational Scholarship

Abstract

Study focuses on cultural differences in conflict styles in Korean and American oranizations. (1) Koreans, more so than Americans, preferred collaborating, compromising, and accommodating , whereas Americans preferred avoiding more so than Koreans. (2) Compromising is Koreans’ most preferred style, followed by collaborating, accommodating, avoiding, and competing whereas, avoiding and compromising were the most preferred followed by accommodating, collaborating, and competing for Americans. (3) Holism was positively and negatively correlated with collaborating and avoiding, respectively.

Author

• Jihyun Kim, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee