Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles
The beauty of society lies in the differences of opinions, and if this difference of opinion is constructive, society booms. The difference of opinions is also known as conflict of opinions. The study aimed to explore the practices and perceptions of different conflict management styles adopted by the different academic managers in the area of Southern Punjab. As the research problem is a current phenomenon and survey research design is most appropriate to achieve such kind of study. All Principals/Vice Principals and teachers of all public and private colleges of the Southern Punjab region were the populations of the study. By adopting a multistage sampling technique, the targeted sample was selected. Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory (ROCI), designed by Rahim in 1983, was adopted to measure the conflict management styles of administrators and cross-check them with their subordinates. Data collection was done by the researcher personally. Collected data was feed in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 and got the results by the test of ANOVA. Based on the findings of the study in a tabulated form, observable suggestions were also designed.
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Conflict Management Styles, Win-Lose Position, Integrating Style in Conflict Management, Public and Private Colleges, Southern Punjab
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(1) Najam ul Kashif
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Akhtar Ali
Dean, Faculty of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Qasim Ali
PhD Scholar, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Kashif, N. u., Ali, A., & Ali, M. Q. (2020). Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles. Global Regional Review, V(I), 651-658. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).68
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CHICAGO : Kashif, Najam ul, Akhtar Ali, and Muhammad Qasim Ali. 2020. "Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles." Global Regional Review, V (I): 651-658 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).68
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HARVARD : KASHIF, N. U., ALI, A. & ALI, M. Q. 2020. Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles. Global Regional Review, V, 651-658.
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MHRA : Kashif, Najam ul, Akhtar Ali, and Muhammad Qasim Ali. 2020. "Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles." Global Regional Review, V: 651-658
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MLA : Kashif, Najam ul, Akhtar Ali, and Muhammad Qasim Ali. "Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles." Global Regional Review, V.I (2020): 651-658 Print.
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OXFORD : Kashif, Najam ul, Ali, Akhtar, and Ali, Muhammad Qasim (2020), "Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles", Global Regional Review, V (I), 651-658
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TURABIAN : Kashif, Najam ul, Akhtar Ali, and Muhammad Qasim Ali. "Fit or Being Fitted: Academic Institutional Managers' Conflict Management Styles." Global Regional Review V, no. I (2020): 651-658. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).68