How workplace conflict expression shapes team performance

Phys · 🇮🇳 public India · Aug 18, 2026 · 526 words · By Tepper School; Carnegie Mellon University

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What to know about How workplace conflict expression shapes team performance

The article describes a new research measure called the Conflict Expression Tendencies (CET) scale, developed by a multi-institutional team of researchers. The scale categorizes workplace conflict into four dimensions—arguing, debating, subverting, and disguising—to help leaders better manage team dynamics and communication.

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What happened

How workplace conflict expression shapes team performance Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Chief Editor Workplace conflict has played a foundational role in theories about how people interact on the job.

Why it matters

In a recent paper, researchers developed a new measure of how conflict is expressed among workers that highlights how the ways individuals voice their dissent vary in terms of oppositional intensity and directness.

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The article, "Conflict Expression Tendencies in Workgroups: Measure Validation and a Test of Theory," includes several studies conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University (IU), the University of California, Los Angeles,…

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Claim 1: “Yeonjeong Kim et al, Conflict Expression Tendencies in Workgroups: Measure Validation and a Test of Theory, Small Group Research (2026). DOI: 10.1177/10464964261448469”

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Although the 'Evidence gathered' section for claim 8 says 'No evidence found', the evidence provided for Claim 1 explicitly contains the full citation: 'Yeonjeong Kim et al, Conflict Expression Tendencies in Workgroups: Measure Validation and a Test of Theory, Small Group Research (2026). DOI: 10.1177/10464964261448469'. This matches the claim exactly.

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Claim 2: “It is published in the journal Small Group Research.”

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Multiple independent web search results explicitly state that the article 'Conflict Expression Tendencies in Workgroups: Measure Validation and a Test of Theory' is published in the journal 'Small Group Research'.

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Claim 3: “researchers developed the Conflict Expression Tendencies (CET) measure.”

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Multiple sources confirm that researchers developed the Conflict Expression Tendencies (CET) measure to capture how teams express disagreement.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict and retribution. Committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An emotional expression is a behavior that communicates an emotional state or attitude. It can be verbal or nonverbal, and can occur with or without self-awareness. Emotional expressions include facia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Expressive suppression is defined as the intentional reduction of the facial expression of an emotion. It is a component of emotion regulation. Expressive suppression is a concept "based on individual…
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Claim 4: “The article, "Conflict Expression Tendencies in Workgroups: Measure Validation and a Test of Theory," includes several studies conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University (IU), the University of California, Los Angeles, California State University, Stony Brook University, the University of Melbourne, INSEAD and an independent researcher.”

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While web search results confirm the existence of the article and the development of the CET measure, the specific list of participating universities (CMU, IU, UCLA, etc.) is not explicitly listed in the provided evidence snippets. Only the title and general purpose are confirmed.

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Claim 5: “Laurie R. Weingart [is] Richard M. and Margaret S. Cyert professor of organizational behavior and theory at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business”

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Claim 6: “Yeonjeong Kim [is] visiting assistant professor of management at IU's Kelley School of Business, lead author of the study and former Tepper Ph.D. student.”

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Claim 7: “In six studies with diverse participants in the lab and the field, the CET measure predicted individuals' cognitive, affective and psychological outcomes.”

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Claim 8: “debating as a way to express conflict with high directness and low intensity boosted workers' information acquisition, affect and trust, while subverting, disguising and arguing had negative effects.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of technical analysis of Enel stocks, which is completely unrelated to the study on conflict expression.

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Claim 9: “The scale features four dimensions—arguing, debating, subverting and disguising”

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Two independent sources explicitly list the four dimensions of the CET scale as arguing, debating, subverting, and disguising, based on directness and intensity.

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