On the one hand, the ongoing relationship may make it more likely that conflict management has become institutionalized, that the parties to the conflict have a deeper understanding of each other, and that they have an incentive to preserve good relations since they are always interacting under what has been called the shadow of the future.
Conflicts embedded within an ongoing relationship can be variably easier or harder to navigate
Conflicts that take between individuals or groups that will regularly interact with each other in the future, such as family members, workers and managers, and political parties in a parliamentary system, are, by definition, ongoing.
The buyer and seller interact around the price of an item but once their business is concluded they are unlikely to interact again.
Variations these dimensions greatly affect how a conflict is waged and transformed.
Once the conflict is settled, the adversaries are unlikely to see each other again.
