Managing Channel Conflict
Some channel conflict can be constructive and lead to better adaptation to a changing environment, but too much is dysfunctional.38 The challenge is not to eliminate all conflict, which is impossible, but to manage it better. Reprimands, fines, withheld bonuses, and other remedies can help minimize channel conflict.39 Common mechanisms for effective conflict management include strategic justification, dual compensation, superordinate goals, employee exchange, joint memberships, and co-optation, as well as diplomacy, mediation, or arbitration and legal recourse.40
Strategic justification. In some cases, a convincing strategic justification that channel members serve distinctive segments and do not compete as much as ...
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