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What are the major causes for conflicts between colleagues?

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Question added by Mukesh Varadhan , Administration Manager , M/s. Triton Health Care
Date Posted: 2014/12/17
Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

  1. Jealousy (Main cause)
  2. Unpredictable policies
  3. Different personal values
  4. Perceptions

souha safir
by souha safir , إدارية , قطاع التربية

I agree with my colleague patel

Mohamad Rahal
by Mohamad Rahal , Senior Supply Chain Officer , Consolidated Contractors Int'l Company

I agree with Divyesh Patel, and add the below:

- The lack of communication is a key reason for all conflicts.

- Thefting work.

- Criticizing someone's work negatively (like mocking)

- Reporting to the manager the bad side of what an employee did (cutting the whole story to bad acts only)

Ghanendra Mishra
by Ghanendra Mishra , Social Worker , International Organization for Migration

Work division, Salary raise, promotions, cheating

Abd ElRahman Mohammed Idris Mohammed
by Abd ElRahman Mohammed Idris Mohammed , Internal Audit Manager , Kenana Sugar Company Limited

Agree with Divyesh Patel, and  would like to add:

- Management weakness.

- Regulations not properly communicated and applied.

- Absent of Management prestige.

- Lack of cooperation and spirit of team work.

- Backbiting and Gossiping.

Alex Al Yazouri
by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

Conflict of interests.

Lack of good management with tasks and evaluations.

Positions and incomes.

Personal relations.

Backstabbing.

Gossiping.

Kathy Mustafa
by Kathy Mustafa , Personal Assistant to CEO- Managing Sales and Marketing Departments , Saudi Kinda Real Estate

1) one colleague does more than the other.

2) The one that works hard is often underpaid.

3) Lack of following instructions and maintaining the team environment.

4) Using race and place of origin as excuse to underestimate each others experiences and knowledge.

5) ETHICS! Some have it and others don't as well as morals.

6) Snitching and telling tales to management (girlish and childish but it is happening!)

7) Jealousy. 

8) Bad management who only takes sides and not looking at the whole picture.

9) Lack of conflict resolution skills.

 

 

Just to name a few.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saiful Islam Hiron
by Saiful Islam Hiron , Site HR Manager , Handicap International

1. Performance competition.

2. Personal clash.

3. Cultural dissimilarities.

4. Lack of trust.

Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

agree with Divyesh Patel  

 

Hajer Yousif
by Hajer Yousif , VAS specialist , Lotus West

  1. Different personalities and opinions
  2. Lack of the ability to separate the practical and personal side
  3. Work pressure

Alfredo Ondoy Jr.
by Alfredo Ondoy Jr. , PAYROLL OFFICER , MARIST COLLEGE, INC

I agree that Jealousy is the main reason of the conflict among colleagues. Another reason as well is "Treatment from the management, rank and files employee should be treated fairly as well.

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