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Gender and age differences in conflict management within small businessess

Werner Havenga
SA Journal of Human Resource Management | Vol 6, No 1 | a143 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v6i1.143 | © 2008 Werner Havenga | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 July 2008 | Published: 24 October 2008

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Werner Havenga, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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Abstract

The objective of this exploratory study was to establish, through the application of the Rahim Organisational Inventory (ROC II) instrument, how the gender and age status of owners/managers of small businesses relate to the application of different conflict-handling styles. The sample of 68 participants was taken using a convenience sampling technique to ensure representation from the strata of the 102 small businesses. Analysis of variances was used to determine if differences exist in conflict-handling styles within the gender and age status groups. The results of the statistical analysis done revealed that slight to significant variances were found, which are discussed accordingly.

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Conflict handling styles; interpersonal conflict; age; gender; small business

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