Moruku, Robert Kemepade and Oluwafemi, Philo Onome (2023) Employee Engagement Strategies and Organizational Conflict Management. A Study of Hospitality Industry in Delta State, Nigeria. European Journal of Business and Innovation Research, 11 (5). pp. 27-41. ISSN 2053-4019(Print), 2053-4027(Online)
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Abstract
The study was conducted to examine the effect of employee engagement practices on organizational conflict management. The study, anchored on the stakeholders’ theory, adopted the survey research design hence data were collected from primary sources through the use of a structured questionnaire. The population of the study consists employees of hospitality firms in Delta State, Nigeria. Findings of the study show that internal mediation, collective bargaining and alternative dispute resolution strategies have a significant positive effect on organizational conflict management. The study also finds that employee task definition has a positive but not a significant impact on organizational conflict management and concludes that workforce conflict engagement practices influence the implementation of conflict management in hospitality companies in Delta State, Nigeria. The study recommends amongst others that managers should adopt collective bargaining and alternative dispute resolution strategies since they are found to be effective in managing conflicts in organizations.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Depositing User: | Professor Mark T. Owen |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2023 21:42 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2023 21:42 |
| URI: | https://tudr.org/id/eprint/2152 |
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