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The Claim

In academic literature, Dual Concern Theory in conflict management is attributed to M. Afzalur Rahim and Kenneth W. Thomas.

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The Short Version

The academic literature does not generally attribute Dual Concern Theory jointly to Rahim and Kenneth W. Thomas. More reliable sources usually trace the idea to earlier work such as Blake and Mouton, and often credit Pruitt for the explicit dual-concern model, while treating Thomas and Rahim as authors of related but distinct conflict-management frameworks. The claim contains a kernel of truth because both are important figures in this area.

Caveats

  • The claim conflates influence on conflict-style models with authorship of Dual Concern Theory itself.
  • Several supporting items are low-reliability teaching or upload platforms rather than peer-reviewed or publisher-version academic sources.
  • Attribution depends on whether the reference is to the broad dual-concern tradition, Pruitt’s model, Thomas’s framework, or Rahim and Bonoma’s framework; these are related but not identical.

The Receipts

  1. Towards a Theory of Managing Organizational Conflict

    International Arbitration Attorney

  2. Learning material on interpersonal conflict: Rahim's model

    Mondo Digitale

  3. Managing organizational conflict: A model for diagnosis and intervention

    International Journal of Conflict Management

  4. Application of Dual Concern Theory in Elucidating Conflict Behavior ...

    ASCE Library

  5. Managing Conflict in Organizations

    Google Books

  6. Understanding the Dual Concern Model

    Scribd

  7. Managing Conflict in Organizations (5th ed.)

    Taylor & Francis / Routledge

  8. Toward a Theory of Managing Organizational Conflict

    SSRN

  9. Unit 2.2 Conflict Styles Rahim and Thomas-Kilman Models Explained

    YouTube

  10. Theory of conflict resolution behavior: Dimensions of individualism and collectivism and their implications for conflict resolution behavior

    ProQuest

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Filed Under

Dual Concern TheoryKenneth W. ThomasM. Afzalur Rahim