A nursing manager is leading a recruitment and retention committee. She manages in a laissez-faire style. Her co-leader is a staff nurse who is very detail oriented. The nurse manager usually leads the meetings
During the meeting, the staff nurse frequently needs to interject in-formation that has not been presented. She also creates the agenda and communicates informa-tion with other team members. This scenario depicts which type of conflict? a. Competitive
b. Disruptive
c. Organizational
d. Task
D
Task conflict is an awareness of differences in viewpoints and opinions pertaining to a group task.
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