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Laura D. Chandler

Five kinds of conflict:
1. Relationship - This is a personal conflict between two or more individual people, in which it is recognized that each person is a person (I-Thou) and not treated as a “thing.”
2. Structural - This is a more impersonal conflict (I-Thou) involving a conflict between goals of the parties involved.
3. Value - These conflicts are caused by differences in personal belief systems.
4. Data - This conflict arises from simple misinformation and misrepresentation.
5. Behavior - Behavior conflicts arise when the parties involved are acting in a manner that is producing conflict, although not necessarily intentionally.