A Study of the Relationship between the Styles of Conflict Management and the Quality of Dyadic Manager-Employee Communication in Sport Organizations. A Case Study in Mazandaran Province

Purpose of this research was to study of the relationship between the styles of conflict management and the quality of the relationship between manager and employee, emphasizing on their demographic attributes.The methodology of this research was descriptive, present-based and practical. The sampling frame for this study consists of 100 managers and employees who are in administration of physical education in Mazandaran province. Data collected instruments includes 2 questionnaires LMX-7(quality of relationship) and ROCI-П (styles of conflict management). In this study descriptive statistics was for organizing, customizing and describing data. Inferential statistics was used by linear regression, t test and one way ANOVA.Findings of this research showed the significant difference between influences of five styles of conflict management on quality of relationship between manager-employee by the subjects. there is a significant relationship between the style of compromise and quality of relationship between manager-employee by employees. By the managers, impact rate of styles of compromise and integrating on dependent variable is quite positive and significant.This study was designed to clarify the readers thinking about the relationship between two constructs, conflict management and manager- member exchange. Also the research provides several significant contributions on both a scholarly and participationer level to the managers and employees. Thus both the managers and their followers have to be encouraged to take integrating and compromise styles of conflict management. Finally the positive view of persons in the organizations is very effective.