Styles of conflict management among dual earner couples

The present study was an attempt to identify the conflict management style adopted by the dual-earner couples to manage their marital conflict. The sample consisted of 150 dual-earner couples residing in Dharwad urban areas of Karnataka  State. The Thomas Kilmann conflict management scale was administered to collect the data. The results indicated that the  husbands preferred collaboration style followed by accommodation, avoidance, compromise and then competition whereas  wives preferred accommodation style followed by collaboration, compromise, avoidance and then competition to resolve  their conflict. Compared to wives, husbands were significantly high in the adoption of collaboration and avoidance styles  whereas wives were significantly high in the adoption of accommodation style.