Tony Lorentsson

Organizational Conflict and Socialization Processes in Health Care: a Case Study of Intercultural Organizational Conflict and Socialization Processes in Healthcare Tony Lorentsson

As the World is becoming more and more globalized, organizational members not only have to do their jobs, but also take factors such as interculture and language barriers into consideration on a daily basis. All of this may at times lead to workplace conflicts. This study concerns intercultural organizational conflict in relation to organizational socialization. The research questions are, to what extent organizational conflict in healthcare can be related to cultural backgrounds, and to what extend organizational members in healthcare feel integrated into the organization. This study should help organizations to better manage organizational conflict and to get a better understanding of the complexity and necessity to fully integrate employees into organizational cultures. This study should be especially useful to multicultural organizations comprising groups of people stemming from various cultures working in close groups.