CS Professional · Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation · Negotiation Skills and Communication
Meera and Joseph, co-owners of a Kochi restaurant, are mediating a partnership dispute. Meera consistently gives in to Joseph's demands quickly to avoid conflict, even where this harms her own interests. In the style classification of conflict-handling modes, which style does Meera show?
Meera shows an accommodating style. She places the other party's wishes above her own and yields to avoid conflict, even at cost to herself. This differs from competing, compromising or collaborating, which involve more assertiveness for one's own interests.
- AAccommodatingCorrect
- BCompeting
- CCompromising
- DCollaborating
Explanation
Accommodating means high concern for the other party and low concern for one's own interests, yielding to preserve harmony. Competing would be the opposite pattern. Compromising involves each side giving up something, and collaborating pursues full satisfaction of both.
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