Gender Diversity and the Choice of Conflict Management Styles in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Autor: Eduard Gabriel Ceptureanu, Dalma Szonja Rácz, Zenovia Cristiana Pop, Ovidiu Bordean, Sebastian Ion Ceptureanu
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 7136, p 7136 (2020)
Sustainability
Volume 12
Issue 17
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su12177136
Popis: The current study investigates the relation between biological sex and gender role upon the choice of conflict management styles. The Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) measured the gender role and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II (ROCI-II) Form C measured the conflict handling styles. Participants were employees of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The results found that biological sex has no correlation with the choice of conflict management style. On the other hand, the findings have shown that gender role is a predictor for the choice of conflict management styles as masculine individuals were highest on the dominating conflict style, whereas feminine individuals were highest on the avoiding style.
Databáze: OpenAIRE