UTILIZING MORAL INTERVENTION TECHNIQUE FOR ONFLICT MANAGEMENT WITHIN UNIVERSITIESIN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to determine the intervention technique utilized for conflict management within Universities in Enugu State. One research question and one null hypothesis was formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was utilized for this study. The population for the study comprised all the 5,225 academic staff members within private and public Universities in Enugu State. The sample size for this study was 522 academic staff members in private and public Universities in Enugu State. The researcher used proportionate stratified random sampling technique to draw 10% of private and public Universities in Enugu State. A structured questionnaire validated by three experts was used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha reliability estimate was used in computing its reliability coefficient of the instrument. Reliability index of .81, was obtained from the instrument, indicating that the instrument is highly reliable and suitable for the study. 522 copies of questionnaire were administered by the researcher with the help of three research assistants that were properly briefed on the content of the questionnaire and its mode of administration to ensure that the questionnaire was properly administered. Out of 522 distributed copies of the instrument only 520 copies were retrieved, 5 copies were not retrieved. The data collected was analyzed using Mean (x̅) with Standard Deviation (SD) to answer the research question. However, the null hypothesis was tested using t-test statistic at .05 level of significance. From the result of the findings, it was concluded that moral intervention technique was utilized to a great extent for conflict management within Universities in Enugu State. It was concluded that there was no significant difference in the mean response scores of academic staff members within private and public universities on the extent to which moral intervention technique was utilized for conflict management within Universities in Enugu State. The researcher recommended among others that deliberate efforts should be made by management of universities at utilizing moral intervention technique for conflict management within public and private Universities in Enugu State.