3 sources of Status Characteristics Theory

1.) The power a person wields over others 2.) A person's ability to contribute to a group's goals 3.)

An individual's personal characteristics.

7 primary characteristics of organizational culture

1.) Innovation and risk taking 2.) Attention to detail 3.) Outcome orientation 4.) People orientation

5.) Team orientation 6.) Aggressiveness 7.) Stability

accommodating

The willingness of one party in a conflict to place the opponent's interests above his or her own.

Adjourning stage

The final stage in group development for temporary groups, characterized by concern with wrapping

up activities rather than task performance.

agreeableness

A personality that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and trusting.

Altering the human variable

Changing the behavior of the conflicting parties

Altering the structural variable

Changing the structure of the group or organization to resolve conflict

anchoring bias