ABSTRACT  
The core purpose of this paper is to enhance understanding of the universal dimensions 
characterizing conflict expression in the workplace:  Directness and oppositional intensity. 
Conflict expression---how colleagues express opposition verbally and nonverbally
---creates or perpetuates task, relationsship, and process conflict. Cultural context, 
together with the characteristics of the disputants, influences how interpersonal conflict 
is expressed, perceived, and reacted to.


 
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