Conflict Management In University Library

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• Ebrahim Afshar ¹
• Saeed Rajaipour ¹
• ÙŽAzadeh Madani ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Isfahan

² M.Sc. Student in Library and Information Science, University of Isfahan

10.22067/riis.v1i1.8234

Abstract

Purpose: To examine link between conflict management styles used by university library managers with such demographic attributes such as gender, education, academic vs administrative status, experience, and their full vs. part time involvement with their role as library managers.
Methodology: Data was secured by questioning library managers about their preferred treatment of staff conflicts. The tool used for data collection was a questionnaire designed by the researcher drawn on Thomas Kent’s model of five common conflict management styles. Analysis was carried out using SPSS software
Findings: Managers preference for collaboration, compromise, and domination was evident. Accommodation and avoidance strategies were respectively less preferred. Analysis showed that gender, education, academic vs. administrative status had little correlation with the preferred style, whereas, full time mangers and managers with longer management experience expressed a tendency toward avoidance style. Also, male managers with longer experience preferred domination style more than their female counterparts.
Originality: A similar research was not found in Iranian LIS literature
Keywords: Conflict- Conflict Management- Conflict Management Styles
University Library-University Library Managers.

Keywords

• Organizational conflict
• Conflict management
• University libraries
• Library managers

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