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ABHSTRACT
handing style among high and high and low academic achievers
competing.
2. INTRODUCTION
Any situation that consists of more than one person may lead to
for the person or the group and generate a breakdown in trust. Hence,
that people should understand conflicts and know how to resolve them.
competing.
(i) Accommodating
important than any of the peripheral goals and to appease others thus
important
(ii) Avoiding
called the No strategy. The fundamental premise of this strategy is, this
isn't the right time or place to address this issue'. The strategic
position of low power. Avoiding strategy when the conflict is small and
at stake, when more important issues are pressing and you feel you have
time to deal with this particular one, when you have no power and you
see no chance of getting your goal achieved, and when you are too
(ii) Collaborating
The collaborating style of conflict handling is also called the 'I win, you
win' style. The fundamental premise of this style is that teamwork and
there is a high level of trust Amon the parties, when you don't want to
have full responsibility, when you want others to also have ownership
of solutions, and when the people involved are willing to change their
thin as more information is found are that the process takes people's
iv) Compromising
a little is OK. This strategy prevails most often in conflicts where the
when people of equal status are equally committed to goals, when time
and when goals are moderately important for both the parties. The
(v) Competing
other loses. Hence, the competing strategy is also called the 'I win, you
goals are extreme, one must use power to win. Highly assertive
know you are right, when time is short and a quick decision is needed,
want to be taken advantage of and when you need to stand up for your
rights, when time is short and quick Desecion is needed when a strong
personality is trying to over power you want and you don’t want to be
drawbacks of this style are that sometimes it can escalate conflict and
girls.
3.Purpose
To access the effect of conflict handling style often academic
4.Hypothisis
ii. There would be difference between high and low achievers on the
iii. There would be difference between high and low achievers on the
economic student.
achievement
were selected from puri district S. C. S (A) college, They were coming
7.Instrument
poi t scale.the scale points are about the degree of agreeability of the
and always which are scored as 1,2 l,3,4 and 5 respectively depending
on the extent to which the Subject disagrees or agrees with the
statement. The items for assessing different conflict handling styles are
8. Instruction
your behavior in dealing with your friends and significant people when
you are in conflict with them. As you read a statement, you have to
think to what extent you agree with the statement. If you 'never agree
with the statement, then tick under '1' in the left side column of the
statement. If you ‘seldom' agree with the statement, tick (under "2'; if
you 'sometimes' agree tick under '3'; if you 'often' agree, tick under 4';
and if you 'always' agree tick under '5'in the left side column of the
statement. Although, there is no time limit to complete the test, you try
to finish it in 30 to 40 minutes.
9.Procedure
boys and & 6 girls .who all Subjects were within ears of are students of
+2 P.G classes. Then, each Subject was invited to the testing room and
individually. The testing room was free from any disturbance. It was
calm and noise free. Each Subject was told to go through the items in
extent to which he or she agrees with the statement, she selected a score
from 1 to 5 and put a tick mark on the chosen number. Likewise, all the
four Subjects completed their test one after another The Investigator
had some informal conversation with the Subjects to help them feel
relaxed and easy. After the Subjects felt comfortable in the presence of
the Investigator in the testing laboratory, they were given the test.
10.RESULTS
mean score of high achievers and low achievers for each of there
conflict handling style are presented in the table-2. The mean score of
high and low achievers in avoidance conflict handling style 15.2 and
16 for competing style 16 and 14.4 and for compromising style 12.6
11.RESULT TABLE-1
Dimension Avoidance Competing Compromising
High achievers 76 80 63
Low achievers 80 72 79
12.RESULT TABLE-2
conflict handling style and also plotted and present in following figure
AVOIDANCE
16.2
16
15.8
15.6
15.4
15.2
15
14.8
High achiever low achiever
avoidance
COMPETING
16.5
16
15.5
15
14.5
14
13.5
high achiever low achiever
Series 1
COMPROMISING
18
16
14
12
10
0
high achievers low achievers
Series 1
less than 21 in all of the three conflict handling style. Hence non of
Hence low achiever are low in competing conflict handling style and
conflict handling style than the low achievers. Similarly, low achievers
Because they do not face any difficult situation so they are straiting to
Concept of achievements
the high and low achievers seemed to defer clearly as stated below.
HIGH ACHIEVERS
Most of the high achievers seem to come from urban homes, where the
and abstract. They have been interest in their subject of study besides
LOW ACHIEVERS
Low achievers seem to come from rural home, whether the father
average with respect to their thinking they do not seem to depart from
principals and idea with are widely prevalent. They show the interest
ii. Kadir, Ashraful (2011 March 11) , five conflict management style
at a Glance.
iii. Boris off, D, And victors, D. A (1989) conflict management. A
Appendix.