ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
Conflict is an inevitable part of the daily lives of nurses working in hospitals. Understanding conflict and timely management is crucial in maintaining a good working environment among nurses. This study aims to know the sources and types of conflict as well as the most used conflict management styles by nurses whenever they encounter conflict in district hospitals in Tarlac. It also determines the relationship of conflict management styles of nurses to their demographic profile. A descriptive-correlational research design was utilized, and data were gathered using questionnaires through Google Forms. The study employed complete enumeration, in which 95 nurses consented and participated in the study. The data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational statistics through SPSS 16.0 version. Findings of the study showed that the majority of the respondents were female, married, belong to the 30-39 years age group, and holds a bachelor’s degree with less than 10 years of experience, Job orders, and had Nurse I position. The study revealed that the most common source and types of conflict were poor employer-employee relationships and intragroup while the most utilized conflict management styles was collaborative. It proved that there is a significant relationship between the gender and accommodating, compromising, and competing conflict management styles and it also showed a significant relationship between educational attainment and collaborating conflict management style of nurses. This study recommends further research about conflict management styles of nurses in different settings, effects of conflict management training, and conflict management styles of heads and intent of nurses to stay. Keywords — Conflict, Sources of conflict, Types of conflict, Conflict Management Styles, Nurse