ERIC Number: EJ891204
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Aug
Pages: 17
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Effectiveness of a Conflict Resolution Training Program in Changing Graduate Students Style of Managing Conflict with Their Faculty Advisors
Brockman, Julie L.; Nunez, Antonio A.; Basu, Archana
Innovative Higher Education, v35 n4 p277-293 Aug 2010
We investigated the conflict management preferences of graduate students with their faculty advisors and assessed the effects of participating in a conflict resolution workshop on those preferences. One hundred and twenty-one graduate students completed the pre-workshop surveys, and 69 participants completed the post-workshop surveys after seven workshops conducted over a 3 year period. Nineteen subjects participated in three post-workshop focus groups. The quantitative pre-workshop data showed that avoidance and accommodation styles for managing conflict were preferred among participants. Participants showed a trend towards a statistically significant increase in the collaborating score post-workshop relative to pre-workshop levels. The qualitative data indicated that students applied skills taught during the workshop, including interest-based principles, when interacting with faculty.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Focus Groups, Conflict, Workshops, Conflict Resolution, Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Student Surveys, Faculty Advisers, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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