Table 9: Frequency and percentage of teachers and principals' responses to conflict management programs.
Conflict management programs | The conflict management strategy(s) below that is/are effectively used in my school to manage interpersonal conflicts |
What conflict management strategy do you consider best practice? | The most challenging conflict management strategy employed in my school is... | |||
Teacher (n = 118) | Principal (n = 4) | Teacher (n = 118) | Principal (n = 4) | Teacher (n = 118) | Principal (n = 4) | |
Integrating | 51 (43.22%) | 1 (25%) | 44 (37.29%) | 1 (25%) | 48 (40.68%) | 1 (25%) |
Problem solving | 40 (33.90%) | 1 (25%) | 43 (36.44%) | 2 (50%) | 50 (42.37%) | 2 (50%) |
Win-Win | 20 (16.95%) | 1 (25%) | 31 (26.27%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (25%) |
Obliging/smoothing | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Win-lose strategy | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (25%) |
Dominating | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Forcing | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Suppression | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Preventing | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 20 (16.95%) | 0 (0%) |
Avoiding | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Withdrawal | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Compromising | 7 (5.93%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Lose-lose strategy | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) |