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New research suggests an employer-facilitated workplace culture that supports positive, social relationships between women coworkers reduces the risk of conflict among women employees. The study, “Gender and Negative Work Ties: Exploring Difficult Work Relationships Within and Across Gender at Two Firms” appears in the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) journal Organization Science.

According to a study in the INFORMS journal Organization Science, when employers encourage an office environment that supports positive and social relationships between women co-workers, especially in primarily male dominated organizations, they are less likely to experience conflict among women employees.

According to new research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science, women are more likely to clash with other women at work than they are with male colleagues. While women and men were equally likely to have a 'difficult' relationship with a colleague, women were more likely to cite a female co-worker as the problem. However women who had female friends within their office were less likely to have an issue with other female colleagues.

A study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science examining comprehensive health insurance plans with low deductibles and co-pays revealed the effort could ultimately result in increased costs for the insurer and the insured.