Gender role, organizational status, and conflict management styles

In this study people tried to examinate the ralationship between sex, gender, organizational status and conflict managemeniuht behaviour of males and females. The study was made in three similar organizations. Which are: Individuals (N uS 118) from upper and lower status organizational positions completed the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II, in the context of two recalled organizational conflicts (Rahim, 1983a), and the Bem Sex Role Inventory (Bem, 1974). They wanted to see how differently male and female could …

…conclude that rather than using their own style, women should act in a more self-interested way. However, this assumes that these behaviors are neutral in the sense that men and women can use them interchangeably. Even if we were to assume that women could adopt "more masculine" negotiating behaviors easily, using a negotiation style that best suits one's personality will diminish some of the anxiety that may lead to a less than favorable negotiation outcome.