衝突是個違反性別、年齡、文化和教育水平的要素，無論是在校園環境或者職場當中，它絕對是個不可避免的。在某些情況下，當人們需要共同努力才能完成任務時，常常就會發生衝突，組員之間是否會產生任務互賴性或表面從眾行為也是一個需要去關注的現象。至於外在因素像是適當的溝通頻率或者團隊凝聚力是否能夠緩解、減少、或者完全解決衝突以及挖掘這些外在因素究竟是什麼，都是非常的關鍵。此外，如果依然不可避免的存在衝突，學習如何分辨人際衝突和任務衝突，以及利用現有的衝突現象獲得意想不到的利益就至關重要。我將討論這些發現對衝突文學和研究的意義。

Conflict is a concept that defies gender, age, culture, and level of education. It is inevitable in both school environments as well as professional organizations. Where there is a situation which calls for people to work together in order to complete a task, there is conflict. Occurrences such as task interdependence and façade of conformity may also present itself as a result of conflict. Whether external factors such as communication frequency and team cohesiveness can alleviate, diminish, or completely resolve such conflicts is vital. Furthermore, should conflict nonetheless be inescapable, learning how to distinguish between relationship conflict and task conflict, as well as learning how to capitalize on existing conflict for unexpected benefits is essential. I will discuss the implications of the findings for conflict literature and research.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction p.1
Figure 1: Proposed Integrative Model p.6
1.1 An Integrative Model p.6
1.2 Contribution p.6
2. Hypotheses Development p.9
Hypotheses 1a & 1b p.12
Hypotheses 2a & 2b p.14
Hypotheses 3a & 3b p.15
Hypotheses 4a & 4b p.15
3. Methodology p.16
3.1 Sample and Procedure p.16
3.2 Measures p.17
3.2.1 Relationship Conflict p.17
3.2.2 Task Conflict p.17
3.2.3 Communication Frequency p.18
3.2.4 Team Cohesiveness p.18
3.2.5 Task Interdependence p.19
3.2.6 Façade of Conformity p.19
4. Results p.20
Table 1 p.20
Table 2 p.21
Table 3 p.23
Table 4 p.25
Table 5 p.27
Table 6 p.29
Table 7 p.31
Table 8 p.33
Table 9 p.35
5. Discussion p.37
5.1 Practical Implications p.38
5.2 Limitations p.39
6. Conclusion p.41
7. References p.43
8. Appendix: Survey p.52

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