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

Participant/Leader-Participant Researcher 73
Leading Organizational Change/Leadership 75
Conducting Action Research 75
Conclusion 76
APPENDICES 77
APPENDIX A: Intervention Recruitment Email 77
APPENDIX B: Informed Consent Form Pre-Questionnaire 78
APPENDIX C: Pre-Questionnaire 82
APPENDIX D: Informed Consent Form Workshops 85
APPENDIX E: Workshop One PowerPoint 90
APPENDIX F: Informed Consent Form Post-Questionnaires 97
APPENDIX G: Post-Questionnaire Workshop One 101
APPENDIX H: Workshop Two Agenda 103
APPENDIX I: Post-Questionnaire Workshop Two 108
APPENDIX J: Informed Consent Form Workshop Assessment 109
APPENDIX K: Overall Workshop Assessment 114
APPENDIX L: Informed Consent Form Interviews 117
APPENDIX M: Interview Protocol 121
APPENDIX N: Research Procedure Outline 123
APPENDIX O: IRB Approval Intervention 125
APPENDIX P: IRB Approval Pilot Study 126
APPENDIX Q: Informed Consent Form Pilot Study 127
APPENDIX R: Interview Protocol Pilot Study 131
APPENDIX S: Emailed Participant Invitation-Pilot Study 133
References 134
Vita 141

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Combined Mixed Methods Data Sources 37

Table 2 Conflict Management Strategies Timeline… 49
Table 3 Characteristics of Study Participants… 50
Table 4 Pre-Questionnaire Results-Conflict… 52
Table 5 Quantitative Data Analysis Workshop One… 54
Table 6 Quantitative Data Analysis Workshop Two… 63
Table 7 Costs of Workplace Conflict… 73
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1.1 Workplace Conflict… 8
Figure 1.2 General Mixed Methods Action Research (MMAR) Study Design… 9
Figure 1.3 Mixed Methods Methodological Framework… 31
Figure 1.4 Conceptual Model of a Concurrent Quan + Qual MMAR Study… 34
Figure 1.5 Visual Diagram of the Concurrent Quan + Qual MMAR Study Design… 35