Integrative Agreements

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When people in conflict forge integrative agreements, they generate creative solutions that enable all sides to keep and reach their original goals. Such agreements are commonly called win-win solutions, and people can arrive at them only through collaborative approaches. To create integrative agreements, the parties remain committed to their individual goals but are flexible in how they achieve them (Pruitt & Carnevale, 1993). Borrowing from the previous example, imagine that you and a coworker both want the same night off. Rather than arguing about who has to sacrifice their night-out plans, you could work together to find two other nurses who are qualified to cover for both of you.