Conflict Paradox

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Making the determination that conflict is good or bad falls within the conflict paradox. Remember (Mayer, 2015) defines the conflict paradox as the inevitable and defining contradictions that we face when deciding how to approach a conflictual interaction. Therefore, if given the task to determine if a conflict is bad, then now there is a conflict. Previously, before ever reading about conflict, general interactions focused on avoiding at all cost the terrors of conflict. As a matter of fact, some people succumb to being introverts and keeping to themselves just to avoid the big bad conflict. At the workplace, some fear to ask for a raise or requesting what is rightful for fear of conflict. The truth of the matter is that interpersonal conflict