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The concept of intragroup conflict in relation to gender and well-being in women-dominated work
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9627-4625
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4263-8080
2021 (English)In: Gendered norms at work: new perspectives on work environment and health / [ed] Britt-Inger Keisu; Susanne Tafvelin; Helene Brodin, Springer, 2021, p. 197-213Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter reviews the current state of the science on intragroup conflicts and its impact on employee well-being. It also explores how task, relationship and process conflicts relate to gender perceptions and practices among welfare workers in women-dominated work. The analysis, guided by the theory of intragroup conflict, uses qualitative interviews with 26 managers and their employees at three workplaces in Sweden. The review concludes that, although conflicts are emotional, not all of them affect welfare workers' well-being over time. Only relationship conflicts seem to be hurtful to employee well-being. The empirical analysis suggests that intragroup conflicts are inherently emotional, with workers putting their emotions aside during their professional efforts to raise standards and improve the quality of practice at work. Task conflicts emerge both horizontally and vertically, whereas process and relationship conflicts are, to a high degree, related to status and power, that is, produced vertically. The empirical analyses reveal no differences between the ways in which men and women in welfare occupations perceive or practise intragroup conflict, calling into question the societal discourse that women are not very good at fighting and that they fight more than men.

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Springer, 2021. p. 197-213
Series
Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being, ISSN 2213-0497, E-ISSN 2213-0470
Keywords [en]
Intragroup conflict Well-being, Gender, Women-dominated work, Relationship conflict, Process conflict, Task conflict
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Gender Studies Work Sciences
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Sociology; gender studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-186825DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77734-0_11ISBN: 9783030777364 (print)ISBN: 9783030777333 (print)ISBN: 9783030777340 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-186825DiVA, id: diva2:1587250
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Can workplace conflict be constructive? A study of conflict and mental health in women dominated work place from a gender perspective, Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2016-07176Available from: 2021-08-24 Created: 2021-08-24 Last updated: 2021-11-03Bibliographically approved

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