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Conflict Management Strategies And Performance In Abi Local Government Area Of Cross River State
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1.4 Research hypothesis
In other to achieve the objectives of this study, the following hypothesis were formulated;
1.
There is no significant relationship between effective conflict
management strategies and performance of Abi local government area.
2.
There is no significant relationship between conflict management
strategies and socio-economic development in Abi local government
Area.
3. There is no significant relationship between effective
conflict management strategies and causes of conflict in Abi Local
Government Area.
1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study
The scope
of the study focuses on the impact of conflict management strategies on
the performance of Abi local government Area. This local government area
is chosen because of ease in accessibility and also being local
government area with diverse goals. The limitation of the study is due
to insufficient financial resources, time and materials that have
hindered the researcher from travelling to every part of Abi local
Government Area in other to source for vital information from Areas that
have experience one form of conflict or the other.
1.6 Significance of the Study
This
study will be of value to organizations both public and private in
order for them to identify some salient causes of conflicts and to be
able to manage the situation judiciously using some of the conflict
management strategies as mentioned above. The study will also arouse
both states and federal government interest to see the need in providing
adequate resources to local government areas and also speed up the
process of local government autonomy in order to minimize the rate of
conflicts in this third tier of government that is directly responsive
to the grass root. The study will also provide a platform for management
of organizations to direct resources appropriately in order to minimize
conflicts situations in the workplace. The study is also expected to be
of great value to academicians and practitioners in the field of
conflict management, public relations and public administration. The
study can also be useful to researchers for further studies.
1.7 Historical Background Of The Study Area: Abi Local Government Area
Abi local government area was first created in 1983 during the
shagari’s administration and was later abolished due to the overthrow of
that administration a in a coup de tat in December 1983.The present Abi
local government area was recreated out of the defunct Ugep local
government area in 1991 by the General Ibrahim Babangida
Administration.
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