A group of staff nurses is dissatisfied with the new ideas presented by the newly hired nurse manager. The staff wants to keep their old procedures, and they resist the changes. Conflict aris-es from:
a. Group decision-making options.
b. Perceptions of incompatibility.
c. Increases in group cohesiveness.
d. Debates, negotiations, and compromises.
B
Conflict involves disagreement in values or beliefs within oneself or between people that causes harm or has the potential to cause harm. Folger, Poole, and Stutman (2012) add that conflict re-sults from the interaction of interdependent people who perceive incompatibility and the poten-tial for interference.
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