Nijentap, Maurice Roel (2022) De Rol van Leeftijd en Gender van Leiders in Conflict Hantering in de Werkplek. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Dealing with conflicts in the workplace has become a staple in our professional lives. Even though there is ample research on leaders´ conflict management strategies, little is known about this in the context of the workplace. Besides, research about leaders is tainted with male overrepresentation while the joint influence of age and gender of a leader remains largely unexplored. In the current study we investigated the effect of the age of a leader moderated by the gender of said leader on conflict handling strategies in the workplace. In line with the literature, we hypothesised that older (female) leaders use more avoiding, yielding, compromising and problem solving and less forcing than younger (and/or male) leaders. We conducted a field study with questionnaires in which we assessed leaders’ conflict handling strategies with self-reported and other reported measures (N = 121 dyads of subordinates with their direct supervisors) to be filled in. Results of this study show no support for our hypotheses. On the contrary, our data shows that leaders employ less compromising and problem solving and more forcing the older they were. Additionally, no significant interaction effect of gender was found. We conclude that the results of this study do not support the idea that older (female) leaders use more avoiding, yielding, compromising and problem solving and less forcing than younger (and/or male leaders). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Keywords: leader, age, gender, conflict handling ,workplace
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Fousiani, K. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2022 15:32 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2022 15:32 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/41 |
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