Assessing the Connubial of Conflict Management Strategies and Organizational Effectiveness from the Paradigm of Social Exchange Theory
Publication Date: 12/09/2018
Author(s): Odunayo O. Akintokunbo (PhD).
Volume/Issue: Volume 1 , Issue 1 (2018)
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of Conflict Management Strategies on Organizational Effectiveness of selected international oil producing companies in Nigeria. The study adopted the survey-cross sectional approach with a sample size of 300 Oil producing companies chosen based Onkrejcie and Morgan model. Copies of the survey imstrument were distributed to the senior managers of the 300 companies that form the sample size. 226, representing 81% of the research instrument was retrieved which was finally used to analyze data received for the purpose of testing hypotheses. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient with the aid of SPSS version 20. The result of the tested hypotheses shows a significant relationship between the two variables. The study concludes that there is a strong positive relationship between conflict management strategies and organizational effectiveness in the oil producing companies in Nigeria. Therefore, we recommend that it is critically important for managers at every level in the oil producing companies to be trained and retrained in conflict management strategies in order to improve productivity and effectiveness.
