Conflict in Small-and Medium-Sized Projects: Case of Partnering to Rescue

摘要

It is well known that project and other temporary organizations have special characteristics that can result in a higher incidence of dysfunctional conflict than their ongoing organizational counterparts. In this paper, qualitative data collected from a selection of ret- rospective UK-based construction projects of between approximately $2, 000, 000 and $8, 000, 000 show that the occurrence and effect of dysfunctional conflicts in projects remain a cause for concern despite changes in project management organization design.