This study examines conflict management in innovation processes in combination with variables of innovation success in … the field of Life Sciences. In a survey, 152 basic and applied researchers were asked about their conflict management … and to examine the impact of both conflict type and conflict management style on innovation. Conflict management styles …

completed measures of their team's cooperative, competitive, and avoiding approach to managing conflict and problem solving for … individuals and 100 managers indicated the team's innovation. Results support the theorizing that conflict management can … contribute to team problem solving for individuals. Structural equation analysis suggests that cooperative conflict management …

, conflict management styles, different principles of CIP, and team innovativeness …Team innovativeness depends on how teams are able to manage conflicts. In a case study, continuous improvement (CIP …) teams in a component supplier company were examined to identify relationships between structural team characteristics …