substantive

(adjective)

Of the core essence or essential element of a thing or topic.

Related Terms

Examples of substantive in the following topics:

  • Styles of Interpersonal Conflict

    • We can distinguish between two type of conflict: substantive and affective.
    • Substantive conflicts deal with aspects of a team's work.
    • Other substantive conflicts involve how team members work together.
    • Both substantive and affective conflicts can be separated into those that happen within an organization and those that happen between two or more different organizations.
    • Explain the distinction between substantive and affective conflicts and between intra- and inter-organizational conflict

  • Leadership

    • In this way, leaders seek to bring about substantive changes in their teams, organizations, and societies.

  • The Impact of Interpersonal Conflict on Team Performance

    • Substantive conflicts can affect performance for the better by removing barriers caused by different assumptions or misunderstandings about a team's tasks, strategy, or goals.

  • The Importance of Accountability

    • On the other hand, those who adopt a more nationalistic or provincial view deny the tenets of moral universalism; they argue that beneficiaries of global development initiatives have no substantive entitlement to call international institutions to account.