Collaborating Style: A combination of being assertive and cooperative, those who collaborate attempt to work with others to identify a solution that fully satisfies everyone’s concerns.
Competing Style: Those who compete are assertive and uncooperative and willing to pursue one’s own concerns at another person’s expense.
Avoiding Style: Those who avoid conflict tend to be unassertive and uncooperative while diplomatically sidestepping an issue or simply withdrawing from a threatening situation.
Accommodating Style: The opposite of competing, there is an element of self-sacrifice when accommodating to satisfy the other person.
Compromising Style: This style aims to find an expedient, mutually acceptable solution that partially satisfies both parties in the conflict while maintaining some assertiveness and cooperativeness.
