Personality and Conflict Style: Effects on Membership Duration in Voluntary Associations - Couverture souple

Dunaetz, David

 
9783845405834: Personality and Conflict Style: Effects on Membership Duration in Voluntary Associations
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 384540583X ISBN 13 : 9783845405834
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Voluntary organizations, which differ from other organizations in the way they reward and retain members, can easily suffer setbacks from a loss of membership. Poorly managed conflict is often a source of attrition. This study examines the relationship between personality, conflict styles, and membership duration of people who attend or have attended churches (primarily Protestant churches), the most common form of voluntary association in America. Most of the Big 5 personality traits significantly predict conflict styles and/or membership duration. For example, people who are extraverted, agreeable, and conscientious are more likely to use a collaborative conflict style than those who are not. People who are high in both agreeableness and conscientiousness are less likely to quit an organization when conflict arises than those who are medium to low in either of these traits. The relationships between conflict styles and membership duration vary according to gender. For example, men who often use a competitive conflict style are more likely to stay in an organization than are women who tend to use this style.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Voluntary organizations, which differ from other organizations in the way they reward and retain members, can easily suffer setbacks from a loss of membership. Poorly managed conflict is often a source of attrition. This study examines the relationship between personality, conflict styles, and membership duration of people who attend or have attended churches (primarily Protestant churches), the most common form of voluntary association in America. Most of the Big 5 personality traits significantly predict conflict styles and/or membership duration. For example, people who are extraverted, agreeable, and conscientious are more likely to use a collaborative conflict style than those who are not. People who are high in both agreeableness and conscientiousness are less likely to quit an organization when conflict arises than those who are medium to low in either of these traits. The relationships between conflict styles and membership duration vary according to gender. For example, men who often use a competitive conflict style are more likely to stay in an organization than are women who tend to use this style.

Biographie de l'auteur

David R. Dunaetz is an associate professor of psychology at Azusa Pacific University in California. The focus of his research concerns conflict processes in voluntary organizations, specifically Christian organizations such as churches and missions. He is a graduate of Harvey Mudd College, USC, La Sorbonne, and Claremont Graduate University.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
384540583X
ISBN 13 
9783845405834
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
84
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