Feb 6, 2008 09:02
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Maverick82 (X)
suppress/withdraw
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Hello! Could you please explain the difference in meaning between suppress conflict and wothdraw from conflict which in the text are referred to as "extremes"?
Competition over the leadership role and conflict over goals may dominate this stage. Some members may withdraw or try to isolate themselves from the emotional tension generated. The key is to manage conflict during this stage, not to suppress it or withdraw from it. The team can't evolve into the third stage if its members go to either extreme
Thx!
Competition over the leadership role and conflict over goals may dominate this stage. Some members may withdraw or try to isolate themselves from the emotional tension generated. The key is to manage conflict during this stage, not to suppress it or withdraw from it. The team can't evolve into the third stage if its members go to either extreme
Thx!
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Feb 6, 2008 09:14: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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I would say that to suppress conflict is to "put the lid on it" - to clamp down on it and stop it being expressed. This might be done verbally - e.g. telling people to stop discussing the point at issue - or by more forceful means. Withdrawing from conflict involves retreating, either physically or mentally - you simply leave the scene, or you refuse to be drawn into any discussion of conflict or participation in it. Turning away and doing something else could be an example of "withdrawing" in a group situation.
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Certainly suppressing conflict is a way of exerting control. I'm not quite sure what you mean by saying that withdrawing is "dominating oneself". In my view withdrawing can be very different things in different situations - it can be an active way of dealing with something, by standing back or leaving the scene to avoid things escalating, or it can be a passive expression of not coping and not knowing what to do, so you withdraw into yourself and refuse to get involved. It's not entirely clear to me in what sense it is used here.
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-02-06 09:30:13 GMT)
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Certainly suppressing conflict is a way of exerting control. I'm not quite sure what you mean by saying that withdrawing is "dominating oneself". In my view withdrawing can be very different things in different situations - it can be an active way of dealing with something, by standing back or leaving the scene to avoid things escalating, or it can be a passive expression of not coping and not knowing what to do, so you withdraw into yourself and refuse to get involved. It's not entirely clear to me in what sense it is used here.
Note from asker:
| hello! so you're suggetsing that suppress conflict is an action of dominating others, whereas withdrawing is basically to dominate oneself.. am I right? |
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