The relationships of thoughts derived from social comparison with group processes and outcomes were examined. Our study among 111 educational groups showed that contrasting thoughts, such as believing to be better than a worse-performing teammate or believing to be worse than a better-performing...

In this paper we link conflict and mediation theory to practice using an asymmetry framework. Past conflict research has provided important insights into the types of conflict that exist in organizations; however, little research on conflict types has been directly related to the process of...