The relationships between conflict management style, job satisfaction and organizational commitment with profit-nonprofit organizations

Khaled Ahmed Galal Ahmed Lecturer of Psychology department, Modern Science University, Dubai and Faculty of Arts El-Minia University, Egypt. Abstract— Conflict is inevitable in all living organisms, it is a natural phenomenon and social occur among humans wherever they are and wherever they are, and there is evidence of the existence of the conflict since the beginning of the creation of what happened between Adam’s Son Cain and Abel, and ended up killing someone. The study aimed to examine the relationships between styles of managing conflicts, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a sample of profit, non-profit organizations. The study was conducted on a sample of (329) individuals, 198 non-profit organization who are employees of the university and other sample of (131) workers in different industrial factories. Used conflict management styles questionnaire prepared by the researcher, besides job satisfaction and organizational commitment. MANOVA statistics such as the differences between the two groups (profit, non-profit), in addition differences between two groups correlation coefficient. The results showed significant differences between the two groups on the style of avoidance, there are no differences in satisfaction and organizational commitment. Results of the study also showed a positive relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a profit sample. It also found a significant relationships between conflict management styles and both job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and that in the sample non-profit than profit sample. Finally there were differences between correlation coefficients between conflict management styles showed both job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Implications of the study for future researchers as well as practical implications are discussed in the paper.the International Conference on Applied Science, Management and Technology. (ICASMT 2014), 4th &5th December 2014, Corp. Executive Al Khoory Hotel, Dubai, UEA. Organized by Zelus Index terms—conflict, conflict management style, job satisfaction, organizational commitment-