Do Stages of Moral Developmant Matter in the Preference of Conflict Handling Styles with peers?
Selma GULTEKIN, Pinar BAYHAN KARAPINAR, Selin METIN CAMGOZ, Prof. Dr. Azize ERGENELI

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the stages of moral development (pre-conventional, conventional, post-conventional) and conflict handling styles. Sample including 151 academicians completed Rahim’s Organizational Conflict Inventory ROCII-Form C and DIT with three scenarios. MANCOVA analysis did not reveal a significant main effect for the levels of moral development on conflict handling styles. However, supplementary univariate analyses reported that individuals at higher stages of moral development use obliging styles and individuals at lower stages of moral development use dominating style after controlling for gender. Implications of the study, and directions for future research were discussed.

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