Abstract:
Conflict is an inevitable normal part of life that occurs when the things individuals care
about appear incompatible. It may arise from a misunderstanding between co-workers or
poor communication within a department. No matter the cause, you can deal effectively
with conflict in the workplace. Nonetheless, the result of poorly managed conflict can take
an enormous consequences on employee’s as well as the organizations performance. The
purpose of this study is to assess causes of workplace conflict and its outcome on employees
of METEC, Metals and Fabrication Industry. Cross section research design with mixed
research approach was employed together with Correlation and regression to conduct the
research. The dependent variable of the study is conflict and the independent ones are
communicational factor, organizational structure, personal behavior as well as harassment
and violence that have outcomes that are dysfunctional. Questionnaires had been used as
data gathering tool. Purposive/judgmental sampling is used for the purpose of collecting
information by using questionnaire. Data had been collected from METEC, Metals and
Fabrication Industry human resource department. A total of 256 sample respondents were
involved as respondents of the study but only 239 respondents response was analyzed and
interpreted using descriptive (using percentage, and frequency, mean scores) and
inferential statistics (using Pearson Correlation coefficient and multiple linear
regression). And finally it was recommend that for the major cause of conflict in METEC,
Metals and Fabrication Industry i.e. Personal factors, the management needs to solve
employee’s personal problem by openly discussing about their life outside the
organizations premises and recommended to the corporation to modify its communication
channel through which information flow
