International Journal of Conflict Management: Volume 2 Issue 4

CRISIS BARGAINING: TRACKING RELATIONAL PARADOX IN HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION

William A. Donohue, Closepet Ramesh, Carl Borchgrevink

This paper develops an empirical means of tracking involvement in a relational double‐bind in hostage negotiations as a means of monitoring the extent to which the hostage takers…

CULTURE, FACE MAINTENANCE, AND STYLES OF HANDLING INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT: A STUDY IN FIVE CULTURES

Stella Ting‐Toomey, Ge Gao, Paula Trubisky, Zhizhong Yang, Hak Soo Kim, Sung‐Ling Lin, Tsukasa Nishida

The objective of this study was to test Ting‐Toomey's (1988a) theory on conflict face‐negotiation. More specifically, the study examined the relationship between face maintenance…

ARBITRATION AND THE SMALL PROJECT OWNER: SOME THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS

Gregory C. Thomas

This article asserts that standard form arbitration clauses do not encourage fast and economical resolution of disputes on small construction projects. Furthermore, standard form…