Question

Some of the team members took great delight in stirring the pot at team meetings. They knew just how to get each team member agitated and then sat back and enjoyed the show. These troublemakers defended their actions by claiming that they took the:
A) Behavioral view of conflict.
B) Traditional view of conflict.
C) Interactionist view of conflict.
D) High reliability view of conflict.

Answer 1

Answer: C) Interactionist view of conflict.

Explanation:

The Interactionist view of conflict is a conflict school of thought that pushes the idea that conflict within a group can be a good thing.

It even goes further to state that conflict is necessary for a group to function effectively because it gets the group to compete and try to be the best thereby improving the general effectiveness of the group.

Some of those team members who took great delight in stirring the pot at team meetings are indeed steering up conflict and do look like they subscribe to this school of thought.