Compatibility of Departmental Heads’ Decision-Making Styles with Conflict Management Practices
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https://doi.org/10.55737/rl.v5i1.26156Keywords:
Decision-Making Styles, Conflict Management Practices, Departmental HeadsAbstract
The objective of the study was to explore compatibility between Decision-Making styles and conflict management practices. All the government universities of territory of Punjab were the population for this study. Descriptive research design was used, and a survey was conducted to probe into the phenomenon. A self-developed questionnaire was used to collect data. A sample of ninety departmental heads of nine universities was selected through multistage sampling technique. Reliability of the questionnaire was measured, which was 0.843. There was a significant positive relationship between the Decision-Making Styles and Conflict Management Styles. It is recommended that decision-making styles of the heads may be refined through training to manage conflicts at workplace.
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