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%)