What's all the fighting about? Conflicts in project management

The issues that are most likely to create conflict during a project and how the intensity of these disagreements varies over the life cycle of a project were investigated in this study. Also explored are the conflict management styles utilized by project managers and how these preferences are affected by individual and organizational factors (e.g., gender, age, managerial responsibilities, project size, and organizational structure). From a cross sample of organizations, 287 project managers were surveyed. Comparisons with previous studies are noted.