Leveraging Conflict Management Strategies in Petrochemical Engineering Companies to Foster Managerial Creativity

The research aims to examine the impact of organizational conflict management strategies' impact (collaboration, competition, and compromise) on managerial creativity in one of the Petrochemical Engineering Industries Company in Bahrain. In order to respond to the research questions and evaluate the hypotheses, the study uses a descriptive analytical technique. A total of (214) questionnaires were electronically distributed to the research sample. With 206 employees answering in total, the response rate is high (96%). Multiple and simple regression analyses were used in the data analysis process to test the study hypotheses. The main Findings show that organizational conflict management strategies impact managerial creativity in the research organization. Furthermore, the research concludes that the research organization's employees have a high level of creativity. Also, findings revealed a clear diversity in the use of the three organizational conflict management strategies by the company's management, through which they contribute to the continuous support of employees such as finding the solutions to problems, creating a competitive and stimulating atmosphere that contributes to increasing of productivity and maintaining the establishment of relationships between all parties involved in the conflict.