Spiral Dynamics

Behind the hyperlinks listed below, you'll find blogs addressing organizational research that has implications for the "All Levels" dimension of Integral Theory. Blogs that clearly fit into any of the levels will be found behind the hyperlink bearing that level's name, while blogs that consciously cross level boundaries will be found behind the hyperlink named "Integral".

In a far-reaching examination on how a group’s conflict resolution style affects both its performance and the satisfaction of members of the group, Behfar and her colleagues developed an elegant group-level theory about conflict resolution strategies ("The Critical Role of Conflict Resolution in Teams," by Behfar, Peters,on, Mannix, and Trochim).  This theory posits two broad dimensions: pluralistic-vs.-particularistic strategies and reactive-vs.-preemptive strategies.