The purpose of this study was to investigate the general tendency of styles for handl
ing conflict and organizational effectiveness perceived by head teachers in child-care
centers, and the relationship between head teacher's styles for handling conflict and
organizational effectiveness. A total of 194 child-care head teachers who work in the
Busan and Gyeongnam area responded to the questionnaire. The main results of the
study were as follows; First, among the styles for handling conflict, the head teacher
s used the most obliging type toward their principal, and also used the most integrati
ng type toward colleague teachers. The head teachers perceived moderate or higher
level of organizational effectiveness in child-care centers, and there were partial diffe
rences in styles for handling conflict and organizational effectiveness depending on ag
e, academic achievement, career of head teachers and facility type. Finally, it was fou
nd that organizational effectiveness of child-care center were positively correlated wit
h integrating type, dominating type and compromising type among all styles for hand
ling conflict which head teachers adopted, but was negatively correlated with avoidin
g type. Particularly, it was found that the head teacher's styles for handling conflict
having most significant effects on organizational effectiveness were avoiding type to
ward their principal and integrating type toward colleague teachers.