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Conflict Types and Innovative Work Behavior: Exploring a New Path

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Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management

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The research was aimed at conceptualizing and empirically testing a path to highlight the interrelationships of conflict types and innovative work behavior. A random sample of 320 managers of telecommunication sector of Pakistan was selected for the study. The conceptual model was empirically tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The findings reveal positive and significant impact of task conflict on innovative work behavior. Further, it shows the significant positive impact of innovative work behavior on process conflict. There is also a significant and positive impact of process conflict on relationship conflict. This study presents a role model for the strategic managers and practitioners as a guideline to stimulate innovative work behavior through better conflict management.

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  1. University Institute of Management Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 46300, Pakistan

    Rabia Imran & Afsheen Fatima

  2. Department of Management Sciences, AIR University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

    Arshad Zaheer

  3. Department of Management Sciences, Institute of Business and Technology, Karachi, 74200, Pakistan

    Muhammad Asif Khan

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  1. Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, People's Republic

    Jiuping Xu

  2. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    John A. Fry

  3. LeBow College of Business Department of Decision Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Benjamin Lev

  4. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Cybernetics, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Asaf Hajiyev

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Imran, R., Zaheer, A., Fatima, A., Khan, M.A. (2014). Conflict Types and Innovative Work Behavior: Exploring a New Path. In: Xu, J., Fry, J., Lev, B., Hajiyev, A. (eds) Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 242. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40081-0_84

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