What do you mean by the term ‘Conflict’ ?

Conflict is an ever-present process in human relations. It is a form of struggle between individuals and group. Conflict implies a desire for violence and revenge. It is based on opposition. It is a process of seeking to obtain rewards by eliminating or weakening the competitors. Parties, which are in conflict, oppose, resist or coerce each other deliberately. Conflict arises when the attention of the competitors is diverted from the object of competition to themselves.

Definitions:

A. W, Green: “Conflict is the deliberate attempt to oppose, resist or coerce the will of another or others”.

K. Davis: “Conflict is a modified form of struggle”.

Gillin and Gillin: “Conflict is the social process in which individuals or groups seek their ends by directly challenging the antagonist by violence or threat of violence”.

MacIver and Page: “Social conflict includes all activity in which men contend against one another for any objective”.

Horton and Hunt: “Conflict may be defined as a process of seeking to monopolies rewards by eliminating or weakening the competitors”.