Team Conflict and Social Undermining: A Moderated-Mediated Analysis
Authors
AMINA TARIQ, SIDRA AKHTAR, MAHNOOR LAILA and HAMID ALI
Abstract
Social undermining has emerged as a form of aggression that has been extensively studied in the workplace for over twenty years. Nevertheless, it has been relatively neglected in the realm of managerial research. The aim of this study was to examine how relationship conflict mediates the connection between task conflict and individual social undermining in the organizations and behavioral integrity acts as a moderator between task and relationship conflict. The study was conducted with a specific purpose in mind and utilized a descriptive-survey approach for data collection and statistical analysis. The study's statistical population comprised 227 employees from the healthcare sector of Pakistan. The findings also make a valuable contribution to the study of team conflict and individual social undermining, demonstrating that behavioral integrity moderates negatively impact between task and relationship conflict. These findings provide guidelines for future research in the healthcare industry.
Keywords: Task Conflict, Behavioral Integrity, Relationship Conflict, Social Undermining.
