A constructive Approach to Managing Faculty Conflict: An Action Research Study

Qualitative data analysis workshop two. The qualitative data collected and analyzed from the second workshop revealed the following: (1) participants in the second workshop found context of material, sharing with others in a safe environment, and relating to the experience of others to be most helpful, (2) the ‘take-away’ from the second workshop all participants stated the importance of pausing before responding and having a plan to approach the conflict and (3) the overall experience of participating in the second workshop was rated as good to excellent with ‘very helpful’ as an underlying theme.
Fourth stage of the study. The overall workshop assessment collected and analyzed data in regards to the participants perceptions to participating in the implemented study. The assessment responded to research questions two and three: (2) How will faculty and administrator participation in a conflict management strategies

workshop affect their approach to handling conflict? (3) What are the faculty and administrator perceptions of participating in a conflict management strategies workshop? The assessment measured the attitudes of the faculty and administrators upon completion of the pre-questionnaire, workshop one and post-questionnaire for workshop one, and workshop two and post-questionnaire for workshop two.

Quantitative data analysis workshop assessment. The quantitative findings from the overall workshop assessment in the evaluation phase, yielded the following results: (1) seven out of ten participants felt the content was important and valuable, (2) six out ten participants stated their expectation of receiving knowledge about managing situations of conflict were met while one participant remained neutral on this question, and (3) six participants stated their overall expectation for the workshop was fulfilled while one felt it did not. Three participants did not complete the overall workshop assessment.
Qualitative data analysis workshop assessment. The qualitative data collected and analyzed from the workshop assessment involved the participants responding to the following questions at the end of the assessment: (1) What did you like about the conflict management strategies workshop? (2) What did you dislike about the conflict management strategies workshop? and (3) Would you participate in another conflict management strategies workshop? All of the participants stated they liked the workshops and would participate again if the opportunity arose.