Conflict Without Fault: Structural Mismatch in Professional Interaction Structural Interaction Studies: Entry Paper

This paper serves as the entry paper to the Structural Interaction Studies series. It introduces a structural-configurational perspective on professional interaction breakdowns, focusing on how conflicts can emerge from structural mismatches between interactional configurations rather than from miscommunication, personal disposition, or psychological deficit. The analysis reconstructs conflict as axial divergence across normative orientation, relational expectation, regulatory mode, and temporal horizon. The paper is analytically self-contained and intentionally exploratory in nature. It does not establish a unified framework, sequential structure, or comprehensive theoretical program. Instead, it opens an analytical field and introduces a shared conceptual sensibility and vocabulary that may inform further, independently developed studies within the series. Structural Interaction Studies is conceived as an open, non-sequential line of inquiry. Individual contributions are conceptually independent and may address different domains, contexts, or interactional constellations without presupposing cumulative progression or theoretical closure. Version 1 (2026-01-31): Initial Version