title: Conflict management style of Jordanian nurse managers and its relationship to staff nurses' intent to stay.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between conflict management styles used by nurse managers and intent to stay of staff nurses.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Nursing shortages require managers to focus on the retention of staff nurses. Understanding the relationship between conflict management styles of nurse managers and intent to stay of staff nurses is one strategy to retain nurses in the workforce.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study was carried out in Jordan. The Rahim organization conflict inventory II (ROCI II) was completed by 42 nurse managers and the intent to stay scale was completed by 320 staff nurses from four hospitals in Jordan. The anova analysis was carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An integrative style was the first choice for nurse managers and the last choice was a dominating style. The overall level of intent to stay for nurses was moderate. Nurses tend to keep their current job for 2-3 years. There was a negative relationship between the dominating style as a conflict management style and the intent to stay for nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of the present study support the claim that leadership practices affect the staff nurses' intent to stay and the quality of care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurse managers can improve the intent to stay for staff nurses if they use the appropriate conflict management styles.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
authors.forename: Zaid
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Al-Hamdan
authors.affiliation: Farah Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Hayat
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nussera
authors.affiliation: Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Rami
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masa'deh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007597:Jordan; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017008:Negotiating / Q000379:methods*; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D010563:Personnel Turnover
keywords: conflict management; intent to stay; nursing leadership