Abstract
Conflict is inevitable in all living organisms, it is a natural phenomenon and social occur among humans wherever and when they are. There is evidence of existence of conflict since the beginning of the creation of what happened between Adam’s Son Cain and Abel, and ended up killing someone. The study aimed to investigate relationships between styles of managing conflicts, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a sample of private, and public organizations. The study conducted on a sample of (329) persons, 198 (60.2%) public organization who are employees of a university and private sector sample of 131 (39.8%) workers in different industrial factories. Used conflict management styles questionnaire prepared by the researcher, besides job satisfaction and organizational commitment. MANOVA statistics such as the differences between the two groups (private, public), also, differences between two groups correlation coefficients. The results showed significant differences between the two groups on the style of avoidance, there are no significant differences in satisfaction and organizational commitment. The Results of the study also showed a positive relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a private sector sample only. It also found significant relationships between conflict management styles and both job satisfaction and organizational commitment, in public sample than private sector sample. Finally, there were differences between correlation coefficients between conflict management styles showed job satisfaction, organizational commitment, implications of the study for future research, as well as practical implications.
Highlights
Conflict is inevitable in all living organisms, it is a natural phenomenon and social occur among humans wherever and when they are
We examined relationships between conflict management styles, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment
It involved two groups of private and public organizations. preliminary findings are quite interesting and give motivation to pursue in-depth analyses of research data, results of study styles for Conflict Management correlated with job satisfaction, as well as with organizational commitment, and that in public group which is a service-governmental organization where administrative routine and presence of large numbers of employees may increase need for real work, which will entail administrative conflicts, It is strange that this relationship will be a positive, which indicates that satisfaction of work with that type of conflict management, whether positive or negative ones
Summary
Conflict is inevitable in all living organisms, it is a natural phenomenon and social occur among humans wherever and when they are. Interaction, and methods of communication between conflicting parties There is another concept which is conflict management, it involves dealing with differences between people or groups in conflict of interests and behavior, which may weaken health, satisfaction and diminished productivity for both members and organizations. 1- Integrative style, indicates of interest, self and other, called way to solve problems, as it includes cooperation between parties in terms of clarity and exchange of information and check differences to reach an acceptable solution satisfies both conflicting sides. Small number of studies that have focused on relationships between styles of managing conflict, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. It has not studied in terms of comparison between private and public organizations. There are significant differences between the correlation coefficients (private - public) organizations in relationships between conflict management styles and organizational commitment
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