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Is procedural justice enough? Affect, attribution, and conflict in alternative dispute resolution

Justice

ISBN: 978-1-84855-104-6, eISBN: 978-1-84855-105-3

Publication date: 17 December 2008

Abstract

Since its inception in the 1970s, procedural justice has taken center stage in research on the outcomes of alternative dispute resolution. Such perceptions of procedural fairness, while important, are fairly transient whereas relationships between disputants endure. In the following chapter I argue that more research should explore the relational outcomes of dispute resolution, highlighting relevant insight from social exchange and organizational behavior on affect, attribution, and conflict. In discussing how each can add to the study of alternative dispute resolution, a paradox emerges – arbitration may be better for ongoing relationships than mediation, although the latter is considered more procedurally just.

Citation

Collett, J.L. (2008), "Is procedural justice enough? Affect, attribution, and conflict in alternative dispute resolution", Hegtvedt, K.A. and Clay-Warner, J. (Ed.) Justice (Advances in Group Processes, Vol. 25), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 267-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0882-6145(08)25003-4

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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