Social Process: Relationship Conflict and Shared Leadership Conflict has two primary dimensions: task conflict and relationship conflict (Jehn, 1999). Relationship conflict is a social process and is defined as tension generated by emotional and interpersonal struggles. Relationship conflict is dysfunctional conflict because it inhibits teams from accomplishing tasks. In addition to enhancing efficacy, an important leader task is minimizing the team’s relationship conflict and building team cohesion and identity (M. E. Brown & Gioia, 2002). The leader is the champion and keeper of the team’s values, and the team’s val- ues provide the core of its identity, the sense of “who we are” (Sivasubramaniam et al., 2002). Teams with more cohesion and less relationship conflict often perform well because the leader has personalized individual commitment to the team’s objectives (House & Shamir, 1993). Ensley et al. (2003) noted that shared leadership enables a kind of interaction and socialization that is manifest in cohesion. In its essence, minimizing rela- tionship conflict enhances group cohesion and a shared vision. Moreover, Ensley et al. alluded to the positive relationship of shared leadership and collective vision by suggesting the development of team vision is less