The Role of Type A Personality in Conflict Handling Styles

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between Type A personality (including its dimensions; egocentrism, competitiveness, work Orientation and impatience) and conflict handling styles with peers (i.e., integrating, compromising, obliging, avoiding and dominating). Totally 220 employees from several sectors in Turkey were participated to the study. The results indicated that there was a positive and significant relationship between dominating and Type A global score. Also egocentrism, competitiveness, work orientation dimensions of type A personality were positively related to dominating. Egocentrism were negatively related to compromising. Competitiveness was positively related to integrating.