Planning Styles in Conflict: The Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Cooperative Planning of Metropolitan Transportation Facilities

The need for cooperation in the planning of metropolitan trans­ portation facilities has taken on added significance as a result of the Interstate Road Program with its emphasis on arterial improvement in urban areas. A meeting to discuss this problem more fully was held in October 1958 at Syracuse University. This meeting, the National Conference on Highways and Urban Redevelopment (more commo...

Conflict Management Styles

Different cultures employ different conflict styles. Drawing on the dual concern model, this study investigated the differences and similarities in Canadian and Chinese conflict management styles using student samples on multiple negotiation simulations. Results show that both Canadian students and Chinese students prefer compromising and avoiding styles. Moreover, the Chinese are more likely t...

Conflict management styles in the health professions.

The purpose of the study was to determine prevalent conflict management styles chosen by students in nursing and to contrast these styles with those chosen by students in allied health professions. The associations among the level of professional health care education and the style chosen were also determined. A convenience sample of 126 students in a comprehensive university completed the Thom...

Conflict resolution styles in the nursing profession.

BACKGROUND Managers, including those in nursing environments, may spend much of their time addressing employee conflicts. If not handled properly, conflict may significantly affect employee morale, increase turnover, and even result in litigation, ultimately affecting the overall well-being of the organization. A clearer understanding of the factors that underlie conflict resolution styles coul...

Considerations Regarding the Possible Merger of the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Reform