Examination of interpersonal conflict management strategies influencing attitudes toward Interprofessional Working among nursing and rehabilitation professionals

Abstract

We investigated the influence of interpersonal conflict management strategies on attitudes toward Interprofessional Working among a total of 94 nursing and rehabilitation professionals in acute and convalescent wards. The modified Attitudes toward Health Care Teams Scale was used to assess the attitudes toward Interprofessional Working, and interpersonal conflict management strategies were assessed by the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-Ⅱ. The results indicate that the interpersonal conflict management strategies of Integrating and Compromising were positive factors for attitudes toward Interprofessional Working. These findings imply that the perspective of integrating to find a mutually acceptable solution and the perspective of compromising to provide a midpoint to break a deadlock have a positive influence on the attitudes toward Interprofessional Working.