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A Gender Perspective on Conflict Management Strategies of Nurses
Author(s) -
Valentine Patricia E.B.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 1527-6546
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2001.00069.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , construct (python library) , conflict management , psychology , nursing management , nursing , medicine , sociology , computer science , social science , artificial intelligence , programming language
Purpose: To apply a gender perspective to synthesis of research findings on conflict management. Organizing Construct: The Thomas‐Kilmann Mode Instrument (TKI), for measuring five conflict‐handling strategies: avoiding, compromising, collaborating, accommodating, and competing. Method: Nursing research studies with the TKI and other studies are synthesized from perspectives in three gender theories. Conclusions: Findings were that two conflict management strategies, avoiding and compromising, were used predominantly by all categories of nurses. Possible reasons for over‐ and underuse of the remaining three strategies (collaborating, accommodating, competing) are described. Implications of these findings for nurses and nursing organizations are discussed.