Factors that influence team conflict on Vocational Colleges teachers in Kedah

• Main Author: Zubir, Abdullah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: LB1050.9-1091 Educational psychology
• Online Access: https://etd.uum.edu.my/8841/1/s823160_01.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/8841/2/s823160_02.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/8841/3/s823160_references.docx; https://etd.uum.edu.my/8841/

Team conflicts are often the case in every organization. This paper explored the factor of task conflict, task-oriented leadership, self-management (own emotion), and work culture that causes the team conflict among Vocational College teachers in Kedah. The purpose of this research paper is to identify the factors that can cause team conflict on Vocational College teachers. The data was collected through structured questionnaires among vocational teachers in five Vocational Colleges in Kedah. A total of 191 questionnaires were collected and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 23.0. The result found that there is a significant and positive relationship between task conflict and team conflict. The study also found a significant and negative relationship between task-oriented leadership, self-management (own emotion), and work culture towards team conflict. Based on the finding, vocational teachers should manage their task conflict in order to overcome their conflict within a team. Other than that, they also should enhance their task-oriented leadership, self-management (own emotion), and work culture to reduce team conflict. This paper presented a significant theoretical and practical contribution to the body of knowledge and towards vocational teachers in Vocational Colleges entire Malaysia.