This study finds a positive link between emotional intelligence and conflict management styles in students, suggesting cultural dimensions impact effectiveness.
The current study was conducted to analyse the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Conflict Management Styles (CMS) amongst part-time executive students in Business Management Department. The study revealed how each sub-competency of EI is essential in managing conflicts. Responses from 200 participants were analysed to test the proposed hypotheses. The study focused on Asia-Africa cultural dimensions which adds and extends the existing literature. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed to find the relationship between the sub-competencies of EI and CMS. The findings revealed that EI competencies had a significant positive effect on CMS except Social Skills.
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Odame et al. (2025) studied this question.