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

Ovidiu Niculae Bordean, Dalma Szonja Rácz, Sebastian Ion Ceptureanu, Eduard Gabriel Ceptureanu and Zenovia Cristiana Pop
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Ovidiu Niculae Bordean: Department of Management, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400591 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dalma Szonja Rácz: Department of Management, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400591 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sebastian Ion Ceptureanu: Department of Management, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Eduard Gabriel Ceptureanu: Department of Management, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania
Zenovia Cristiana Pop: Department of Economics and Business Administration in German Language, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400591 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-11

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: biological sex; gender role; organizational conflict; conflict-management styles; small and medium-sized enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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