Scenario: City Place, Inc.Shirley, Linda, Samuel, and Matt are part of the project team at Ltronix International, a company producing home appliances.They had been assigned the task of selecting two out of five new products to be introduced in the next quarter.The team is at conflict over the choice of products to be introduced.Samuel, who is uncomfortable with confrontations, chooses to remain neutral by staying away from the arguments.Linda and Shirley had a few arguments which were finally resolved when Linda gave in to Shirley's demands.Shirley who was the most experienced among the four continued to insist on her choice.Matt was equally adamant about his choice.Finally, to resolve the situation, Shirley agreed to one of Matt's choice of products in exchange for one of her choices.Samuel, who chose to remain neutral, adopted which style of conflict resolution?

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Samuel chose to stay away from the arguments and conflict, which indicates he adopted the avoiding style of conflict resolution. He did not actively participate in resolving the conflict and left it up to the other team members to come to a decision.