Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz

In a complex and fast-changing business environment, it is evidenced that managers are faced with multitudes of problems in the organizational setting. One of the never ending problems faced by managers is interpersonal conflict that occurs between individuals or groups in organizations that emphasi...

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Main Author: Abdul Aziz, Rozilah
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2018
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spelling uitm-221342019-01-11T07:15:49Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22134/ Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz, Rozilah Management. Industrial Management Planning. Business planning. Strategic planning Leadership. Transformational leadership In a complex and fast-changing business environment, it is evidenced that managers are faced with multitudes of problems in the organizational setting. One of the never ending problems faced by managers is interpersonal conflict that occurs between individuals or groups in organizations that emphasizes the interaction of human factors in an organization. In order to circumvent conflicts that transpire among the employees, most organizations have emphasized on effective communication that are most likely to improve the employee own chances to survive and prosper in organizations. Review of related international literatures revealed the importance of communication style in decision making, nevertheless, there is lack of empirical evidence to support this in the Malaysian context and this study contributes deeper understanding of some of the critical aspects of management communication style. Using a research framework constructed from adaptation of two key power models: Lusch Model (1976) and Richmond, McCroskey, Davis and Koontz's Theory (1980), this study explores the argument that management communication style (tell, sell, consult and join) interpersonal conflict (task conflict and relationship conflict) are influenced by leader power (referent, coercive, expert, legitimate and referent). In particular, this study seeks to investigate the mediating effects of management communication style on the relationship between leader power an interpersonal conflict. Thus, it presents and discusses empirical findings from data collected from 388 executives working directly under HR Managers in GLCs, Malaysia applying Structural Equation Modeling (AMOS Version 20) and Statistical Package or Social Science (SPSS Version 20)… Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2018 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22134/1/ABS_ROZILAH%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20TDRA%20VOL%2014%20IGS%2018.pdf Abdul Aziz, Rozilah (2018) Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz. In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IGS Biannual Publication, 14 . Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
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topic Management. Industrial Management
Planning. Business planning. Strategic planning
Leadership. Transformational leadership
spellingShingle Management. Industrial Management
Planning. Business planning. Strategic planning
Leadership. Transformational leadership
Abdul Aziz, Rozilah
Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz
description In a complex and fast-changing business environment, it is evidenced that managers are faced with multitudes of problems in the organizational setting. One of the never ending problems faced by managers is interpersonal conflict that occurs between individuals or groups in organizations that emphasizes the interaction of human factors in an organization. In order to circumvent conflicts that transpire among the employees, most organizations have emphasized on effective communication that are most likely to improve the employee own chances to survive and prosper in organizations. Review of related international literatures revealed the importance of communication style in decision making, nevertheless, there is lack of empirical evidence to support this in the Malaysian context and this study contributes deeper understanding of some of the critical aspects of management communication style. Using a research framework constructed from adaptation of two key power models: Lusch Model (1976) and Richmond, McCroskey, Davis and Koontz's Theory (1980), this study explores the argument that management communication style (tell, sell, consult and join) interpersonal conflict (task conflict and relationship conflict) are influenced by leader power (referent, coercive, expert, legitimate and referent). In particular, this study seeks to investigate the mediating effects of management communication style on the relationship between leader power an interpersonal conflict. Thus, it presents and discusses empirical findings from data collected from 388 executives working directly under HR Managers in GLCs, Malaysia applying Structural Equation Modeling (AMOS Version 20) and Statistical Package or Social Science (SPSS Version 20)…
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author Abdul Aziz, Rozilah
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title Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz
title_short Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz
title_full Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz
title_fullStr Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz
title_full_unstemmed Leader power and interpersonal conflict: The mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, Malaysia / Rozilah Abdul Aziz
title_sort leader power and interpersonal conflict: the mediating effects of management communication style in government link companies, malaysia / rozilah abdul aziz
publisher Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22134/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22134/1/ABS_ROZILAH%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20TDRA%20VOL%2014%20IGS%2018.pdf
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