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Abstract
Present study aims to conceptualize manager’s role in stimulating positive conflict and reducing negative conflict in organization in order to foster positive organizational culture. The study proposes two conceptual models and has examined individual role in both frameworks. To integrate research across individual, interpersonal and organizational level, multilevel theorizing has been used. The study suggests that proactive management can act as catalyst to instigate the positive conflict and individual role clarity may act as a moderating variable. Conversely conflict management styles and individual resilience mediates the relation between interpersonal conflict and its negative outcomes, acting as inhibitor. It aids the managers to strategically promote positive conflict in the workplace such that it results in positive employee outcomes and reduces the negative conflict. The study is first to conceptually clear the role of managers in interpersonal conflict concerning positive organizational scholarship.