Conflict Management and Performance of Employees in Ekiti State Civil Service Commission

The study examined the effect of conflict management on employee performance of the civil service commission in Ekiti State. The specific objectives are to determine the extent to which collaborating strategy can influence employees’ performance; determine the extent to which compromising strategy management can influence employees’ performance in Ekiti State Civil Service Commission. Descriptive survey research design was considered for the purpose of this study. The population for this study was 20,894 entire civil servants in Ekiti State which include the Ministries of Commerce and Industry, Education, Health, Internal Affairs, Information and Agriculture among others. The total sample for this study was three hundred and ninety-three (393) respondents which were further divided among the nineteen Ekiti State government ministries. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyses various data sourced for in this study. Simple Regression analysis was used for data analysis in order to achieve stated objectives. The result revealed that conflict management variables such as collaborating strategy is 0.798, t = 62.567 and (p= 0.000< 0.05); compromising strategy is 0.517 t = 22.193 and (p= 0.000< 0.05). The study concluded that there was collaboration in solving constraint issues concerning commission in the best possible ways, negotiate with co-workers so that an agreement can be reached, the superior managers are considerate in settling dispute among the co-workers.