The cross-cultural comparison supported that individualist Canadians were more collaborating, though not more competing, than collectivistic Chinese (H2b was partially supported) and the Chinese were more avoiding than Canadians in their preferred conflict management styles (H2a was supported). Surprisingly, the comparison also showed that both the Chinese and Canadians preferred the less assertive, non-confrontational styles – compromising and avoiding, which is an interesting topic for future studies, although it is not a total surprise considering that the major Canadian values include multiculturalism and tolerance for difference. Another finding worth attention was that the Chinese sample showed relatively stronger preferences for competing style than Canadians. However, since competing was only the third preferred conflict management style for the Chinese and the fourth for Canadians among five different styles, such a difference makes less practical sense.