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The Faces of Conflict in a Political Organization: The case of the Indonesia Democracy Party of Struggle (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan PDI-P)

Priyowidodo, Gatut and Swestin, Grace and Vidyarini, Titi Nur (2014) The Faces of Conflict in a Political Organization: The case of the Indonesia Democracy Party of Struggle (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan PDI-P). Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 5 (19). pp. 608-618. ISSN 20399340

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        Abstract

        Politics is inevitably mediated by cultural practices. As such, the conduct of a political party as an organization is suffused with culture with its own values, concepts and meanings. Indonesia is an interesting case in point. In this paper, the writers expound on the dynamics of organizational conflicts experienced by the Indonesia Democracy Party of Struggle (Partai Demokrsi Indonesia Perjuangan PDI-P) as an opposition party in Indonesia for two decades. By utilizing a phenomenographic approach to capture the participation, perception and understanding of party leaders and members, this paper focuses on three research problems, namely the levels of internal party conflicts, styles of conflict management and factors that influences the process of conflict resolution. There are several highlighted findings. First, the level of conflict occurs on the levels of inter-organizational, intergroup, intragroup, and interpersonal. Secondly, the styles of conflict management adopted by individuals in the party consist of collaborative, competitive, accommodating, compromising and avoidance styles, which vary according to character, political needs, and ideology. Lastly, conflict resolution in the party is heavily influenced by (1) personal factors such as individual member’s conceptions on internal party conflicts as well as their references to how conflicts have been solved before (2) relational factors, i.e. relationships between members of the party which are fostered by an interdependence to reach a common goal as an opposition party, and (3) PDI-P’s organizational culture which is built around a juxtaposition between the heterogeneity of geographical and ideological backgrounds and the authority of a charismatic leadership.

        Item Type: Article
        Additional Information: good article
        Uncontrolled Keywords: political organization, conflict resolution, phenomenography approach
        Subjects: H Social Sciences
        Divisions: Faculty of Communication Science > Communication Science Department
        Depositing User: Admin
        Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2015 21:26
        Last Modified: 28 May 2022 11:34
        URI: https://repository.petra.ac.id/id/eprint/16861

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