IX. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY The scope of this research is limited to the employees of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc. Bonny Island. It is assumed that responses obtained from the sample respondents would be representative of the opinions of all managerial and non-managerial employees of the company on their perception of conflict management and employees performance in their company. The duration of study is between August, 2012 and September, 2013. A descriptive research design was used in executing the study using 50 purposively selected sample respondents consisting of 25 managerial employees and 25 non-managerial employees of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc. Bonny Island. The core aspect of the study is the use of cross sectional survey research design in generating the required primary data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The questionnaire was designed to obtain a fair representation of the opinions of the 50 sample respondents using a four-point Likert type scale ranging from Strongly Agree (SA)-4 points, Agree (A)-3points, Disagree (D)-2 points and Strongly Disagree (SD)-1 point. The questionnaire responses of the sample respondents were presented using tables while formulated hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance for sampling error. A total of 50 copies of the questionnaire were administered, collected and used for the analysis.