Abstract
The objective of this study is to examine the importance of power, intrateam conflict, conflict contagion and its impact on organizational performance. This study has used past literature to extend work on power, intrateam conflict, conflict contagion and its impact on performance by providing prepositions. The study demonstrates the importance of power and its impact on intrateam conflicts, which form the shape of conflict contagion and ultimately affect performance. Study found that power leads to more conflicts and its process of spreading hastens because of its contagious nature negatively influences the team’s performance. The paper has highlighted the untapped element of power and creates a bridge between power, conflict and its impact on organizational performance. Many researchers have focused separately on power, teamwork and conflict. However, still, there is a need to assess whether individual power interests also takes the form of conflict contagion, which might affect performance of the organization.
Highlights
In this era, emphasis on team effectiveness is the major area of concern in emerging organizations (Cohen & Bailey, 1997)
There is a need to focus on which attitudes and behaviors provoke in garnering power, which takes the form of conflict contagion or struggles to achieve power among the teammates and negatively affects performance
This study demonstrates the importance of power, intrateam conflicts, conflict contagion and their impact on performance
Summary
Emphasis on team effectiveness is the major area of concern in emerging organizations (Cohen & Bailey, 1997). There is a need to focus on which attitudes and behaviors provoke in garnering power, which takes the form of conflict contagion or struggles to achieve power among the teammates and negatively affects performance This qualitative research study extends the existing body of literature in the area in the following ways: Firstly, this study extends the topic of power. This research study develops a bridge between the impact of power on the conflict contagion in intrateam context This area has become a pivotal area of research as mostly conflict arises in teams when people are dependent on others for achieving common goals. It broadens the horizon of power and studies its impact on the performance of the organization.
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