The Impact of Organizational Conflict Management Styles on Employee Engagement: A Field Study on the Nursing Staff in Marib and Karaa Public Hospitals.: The Impact of Organizational Conflict Management Styles on Employee Engagement: A Field Study on the Nursing Staff in Marib and Karaa Public Hospitals.

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the effect of organizational conflict management styles on employee engagement. The study adopted the descriptive and analytical method, in addition the field study for data collection. The sample population consisted of the (172) nurses in the Marib General Hospital and Kara Hospital in the Marib a simple random sample of (118) nurses was selected. The findings revealed that both the integrating and obliging styles have a strong positive and significant effect on employee engagement (cognitive, behavioral and emotional). The findings also revealed that there is also a positive and weak effect of both the dominating and avoiding styles on the employee engagement and its cognitive and behavioral dimensions. This effect is not achieved on the emotional dimension. Furthermore, there is a positive moral effect of the compromising style on the overall employee engagement and the emotional dimension. This effect, however, is not achieved on the cognitive and behavioral link