Leader member exchange, conflict management styles and turnover intentions among employees of Baylor-Uganda
Abstract
This research study was designed to examine the relationship between Leader Member
Exchange, Conflict Management Styles and Turnover Intention among employees of Baylor-
Uganda. This research study was meant to achieve the following objectives: to find out the
relationship between Leader member exchange and Conflict management styles, to investigate
whether Conflict management styles is related to Turnover intentions and to examine whether
Leader member exchange and Turnover intentions are related.
A quantitative research approach was employed and data was collected from a sample of
169 employees. The researcher used Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) to test
hypothesis 1, 2 and 3.The results of the study revealed a significant relationship between Leader
member exchange and Turnover Intention, there was also a significant relationship mediated by
conflict management styles between leader member exchange and turnover intentions. The
research implications and contributions were discussed in the research study.
Keywords: Leader Member exchange, Conflict Management Styles, Turnover Intentions