Relationship between Personality Traits and Conflict Management Strategy in Managers of Khuzestan Physical Education Headquarter

Manager’s selective styles for conflict solution in organization have been affected by their unique characteristics like personality, attitudes and gender. The purpose of this study was investigation the relationship between personality traits and conflict management strategies which was done by field study on the 118 managers and assistants of physical education of Khuzestan’s physical education headquarter in 1388. Methodology of this research was descriptive analytical. Instruments for gathering data were short form of NEO personality traits inventory and, Robbins conflict management questionnaire. For data analyze descriptive statistic, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression (enter and stepwise) was used. The result indicated positive significant relationship between agreeableness, extraversion and neuroticism traits with non-confrontation and controlling strategies. Result of multiple regression analysis indicated conscientiousness trait was best predictor for non-confrontation strategy also extraversion and agreeableness were best predictor for solution- orientation strategy. Regarding to the result of study we suggest for choosing competent managers, must pay special attention to their personality traits.