Abstract
This study examines the relationships between subordinates’ followership role orientation and use of cooperative, competitive, or avoidant styles when addressing conflict with a manager. Using a scenario-based survey methodology, we surveyed 181 full-time employees over two time periods to collect data on followership role orientation, impulse control, and conflict management style choice with a manager depicted in a hypothetical scenario. Results suggest that individuals with a co-production followership orientation were more likely to cooperate with their manager, while individuals with passive and anti-authoritarian orientations were more likely to compete with their manager and avoid conflict altogether. Impulse control moderated the relationship between passive orientation and use of a competitive conflict management style, such that those with as passive orientation were more likely to engage in conflict under conditions of low impulse control.
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