TY - JOUR
AU1 - Yu, Jingting
AU2 - Wei, Xuhua
AB - Debate persists regarding the transformation between team task conflict and relationship conflict. Based on conflict spiral and team effectiveness theory, this study aims to explore whether and when these conflicts transform over time.Design/methodology/approachTo address endogeneity in existing research and to test theoretical model, the authors conduct a two-stage structural equation modeling meta-analysis using a cross-lagged panel model based on 32 longitudinal studies (N = 2361).FindingsThe meta-analytic results are as follows: (a) Early team task conflict leads to an increased subsequent relationship conflict while controlling for another form of conflict at each time point (Time 1 and Time 2). This relationship is positively moderated by team size and negatively moderated by interdependence, but not moderated by time lag. Specifically, task conflict generates higher levels of relationship conflict in larger teams or teams with lower interdependence. (b) While controlling for another form of conflict at each time point, early relationship conflict within teams does not significantly relate to task conflict over time. Team size, interdependence and time lag do not significantly moderate this relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings help scholars better understand team conflict transformation processes and present managerial implications for practitioners. The limited sample sizes precluded the exploration of more moderators and the interactions among them.Originality/valueThe uniqueness of this paper is related to its effort in clarifying the temporal precedence of two forms of conflict, reconciling previous inconsistencies in conflict transformation by exploring moderators and addressing endogeneity in existing research.
TI - Whether and when team task conflict and relationship conflict transform over time: a meta-analysis based on cross-lagged panel model
JF - International Journal of Conflict Management
DO - 10.1108/ijcma-09-2024-0238
DA - 2025-03-13
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/whether-and-when-team-task-conflict-and-relationship-conflict-to8o1baSVC
SP - 452
EP - 479
VL - 36
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -