Preuss, Viviane, C. (2023) Leader-Follower Conflict in the Workplace: Influence of Leader’s Age on Conflict with Emotion Regulation as a Mediator. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Leader-follower conflicts in the workplace are prevalent and hold substantial consequences for organisations. Thereby, leaders play an important role as they often possess the most power. Unfortunately, limited knowledge exists regarding how leader characteristics, such as age, influence their approach to conflict resolution. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of age on leader’s employment to conflict management strategies. Additionally, emotion regulation as a potential mediator was examined. Consequently, it was hypothesised that older leaders, compared to younger leaders, engage more in the collaborative conflict management strategy of problem solving, due to their higher ability to regulate their own emotions. Similarly, it was expected that younger leaders, compared to older leaders, make more use of the destructive conflict management strategy of forcing, stemming from their low ability to regulate their own emotions. To test these hypotheses, a study (N=412) was conducted where age, emotion regulation and conflict management strategies of leaders were measured, while controlling for confounding variables related to age. Contrary to the expectations, the study’s results do not reveal any significant result for the effect of age on the employment of conflict management strategies with emotion regulation as a mediator. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Fousiani, K. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2023 07:44 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2024 14:10 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2098 |
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