The Reality of Applying the Organizational Conflict Management Strategy in the University Organization A Field Study on a Sample of Faculty Members in Some Colleges and Schools of Humanities in Libya

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify the reality of applying the organizational conflict management strategy in the university organization represented by the faculties and schools of humanities in Libya (2025). The study relied on the descriptive analytical method and was conducted on a sample of (217) members of the university teaching staff. The organizational conflict strategies scale by the scholars (Thomas and Kilmann) was applied to measure five strategies: (competition – collaboration – compromise – avoidance – accommodation), through the study tool, the electronic questionnaire. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which are: it was found that the method of applying the organizational conflict management strategy came at an average rate of (64%). It was evident that the study sample was more inclined in the organizational conflict position to use the compromise strategy with an average of (7.47), followed by the avoidance strategy with an average of (6.30). Statistically significant differences were found in the competition strategies attributed to the variables (gender, age, and experience), and in the compromise strategy attributed to the variables (academic qualification and experience).