Competition operates as a zero-sum game, in which one side wins and other loses. 

Highly assertive personalities often fall back on competition as a conflict management strategy. The competitive strategy works best in a limited number of conflicts, such as emergency situations. 

The compromising strategy typically calls for both sides of a conflict to give up elements of their position in order to establish an acceptable, if not agreeable, solution. 

This strategy prevails most often in conflicts where the parties hold approximately equivalent power. 

It entails giving the opposing side what it wants. 

The use of accommodation often occurs when one of the parties wishes to keep the peace or perceives the issue as minor. Employees who use accommodation as a primary conflict management strategy, however, may keep track and develop resentme...