Impact of Workplace Conflict on the Operational Performance of Deposit Money Banks in Enugu State.

Organizational life usually involves workplace conflict, which, in many cases, is caused by communication failures, role ambiguity, resource competition, and leadership issues. Conflicts and disagreements in the banking industry, where productivity, efficiency, and teamwork are crucial, cannot be tolerated without affecting the performance of operations by decreasing productivity, service delivery, and customer satisfaction. Enugu State deposit money banks are not an exception of these problems, as growing competitions, workload pressure, and employee-management conflict remain to have an impact on performance results. This study aimed at examining how workplace conflict affects the operational performance of the deposit money banks in Enugu State. Particularly, the study aimed at identifying the key causes of workplace conflict, analyzing its impact on productivity, service delivery, customer satisfaction, and profitability, and discussing the methods of effective conflict management. The research design was a quantitative one, and data was gathered using a structured questionnaire designed using Google Forms and sent to 200 employees of the selected banks. To capture the perceptions of the respondents, the data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, which included mean, standard deviation, and the rate of agreement. The results showed that the most notable causes of conflict are poor communication, role ambiguity, workload pressure, and inequitable reward systems. It was observed that workplace conflict adversely affected productivity, teamwork, and service delivery and conflict-management measures including training, open communication, and clear appraisal systems were highly recommended. This paper concludes that conflict is unavoidable but can be used as a growth opportunity through proactive management, hence increasing organizational efficiency, and sustainability.

Workplace conflict, operational performance, productivity, service delivery

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