This study tries to examine how personality might interact with face concern to predict individuals' conflict style preference and how the degree of formality may impact the predictive function of each of these variables. Two formal and informal conflict situations were considered to check the style preference of 218 Iranian college students. A hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to check the predictive power of personality and face concern in each situation. The findings indicated a stronger personality prediction in formal situations but a stronger face concern prediction in informal situations. The results also showed some support for the interplay of certain aspects of personality and face concern.
