THE IMPACT OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT ON WORKERS PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECTOR: CASE STUDY OF ABUBAKAR TATARI ALI POLYTECHNIC BAUCHI (ATAP)

The study is aimed at ascertaining the impact of conflict management on workers performance in the public sector: case study of Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic Bauchi (ATAP). The effect of conflict management approaches on organizational productivity, taking Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic Bauchi as an area of study. The major objectives of the study are to examine the nature, causes, and the various approaches to conflict management as well as the impact of such approaches on organizational productivity. This study is relevant to both managers and researchers for understanding the true picture of conflict and examining the various ways of managing such conflict for greater organizational productivity. The research design that was used is cross-sectional survey design. Primary source of data collection was used by the issuance of questionnaire to gather data from a sample of 40 academic staff using census sampling technique. A descriptive reliability and correlation analysis with the aid of SPSS was used to analyze the relationship between conflict management approach and organization productivity in Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic. The result of the study found that there was a significant positive relationship between conflict management and organization productivity (r=0.834: P-value