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Negotiation and Conflict Management Research - February 2019 - Now Online

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    Negotiation and Conflict Management Research
     © The International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) and Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
     
    Michael A. Gross, Editor-in-Chief
    Colorado State University
    NCMR Volume 12, Issue 1
    February 2019
    Now Online 

     

    Articles:

    NCMR's First Decade: An Empirical Examination

     Michael A. Gross1, Eric J. Neuman2, Wendi L. Adair3, and Mallory Wallace4

    1Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A.

    2Creighton University, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.

    3University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    4University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12143

    Abstract

    This retrospective offers an empirical analysis of NCMR author demographics, scholarly content, and article impact over the journal's first decade. Results highlight the journal's broad content and scope including distinct networks of knowledge communities focused on both conflict and negotiation and their subfields. Authors interpret existing network patterns and offer future direction as NCMR continues to evolve and grow within the changing landscape of negotiation and conflict management research.

    Diplomatic Chameleons: Language Style Matching and Agreement in International Diplomatic

    Burcu Bayram1 and Vivian P. Ta2

    1Department of Political Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, U.S.A.

    2Department of Psychology, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12142

    Abstract

    Linguistic style refers to how individuals put their words together. This study offers the first application of linguistic style analysis to international multilateral diplomatic negotiations. We hypothesize that agreement in multilateral negotiations is characterized by convergence of diplomats' linguistic styles whereas disagreement associates with divergence of linguistic styles. We test our claim using original data from the plenary sessions of the Constitutional Convention on the Future of the European Union (2002–2003). We evaluate linguistic style convergence by linguistic style matching (LSM) using the text analysis program Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC). We find that linguistic style convergence among negotiators was higher in discussions on the legal personality of the European Union that ended with agreement and lower in negotiations on the definition of qualified majority voting that ended with disagreement. This study facilitates a richer understanding of how negotiators' language use influences negotiation dynamics in international multilateral diplomacy and encourages negotiation and conflict resolution scholars and practitioners to pay attention to how diplomats express their policy position in addition to what they say.

     
    From "Sad People on Bridges" to "Kidnap and Extortion": Understanding the Nature and Situational Characteristics of Hostage and Crisis Negotiator Deployments

     Amy Rose Grubb1,2, Sarah J. Brown3, Peter Hall1, and Erica Bowen4

    1School of Psychological, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, U.K.

    2Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester, Worcester, U.K.

    3Centre for Advances in Behavioural Science, Coventry University, Coventry, U.K.

    4Centre for Violence Prevention, Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester, Worcester, U.K.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12126

    Abstract

    Hostage and crisis negotiation is well established as a police tool, and there is a growing body of literature that provides academic insight into the phenomenon. Academics have developed a corpus of literature to explain the way negotiators operate or how they can resolve incidents successfully. Whilst research in this area has originated from various countries and addressed negotiation from a variety of perspectives, there is limited research that has focused specifically on negotiation from an Anglo-centric perspective. This article presents the findings from a detailed academic examination of negotiator experiences in England, whereby semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 negotiators from nine forces. Analysis using grounded theory revealed 12 deployment categories, situated within a recurring context involving subjects experiencing personal, emotional, or psychological crisis. These categories can be used to enhance our understanding of negotiator deployment in England and are discussed with reference to the implications for negotiator training and practice.

    The Role of Experts and Scholars in Community Conflict Resolution: A Comparative Analysis of Two Cases in China

    Lihua Yang

    School of Government, Peking University, Beijing, China

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12134

    Abstract

    In this article, I draw from two case studies to explore the role of experts and scholars (ES), as a special third party, in community conflict resolution in contemporary China. Findings include that local ES are more likely to play the roles as leaders, organizers of farmers, and as agents of government. Nonlocal ES are more likely to play the roles as information providers and as pure self-interest pursuers. This study also reveals that, although their knowledge and information are important, knowledge and information are only preconditions for ES's participation. Their social capital–rather than the knowledge and information they possess–differentiates the effectiveness of their participation in governance and the facilitation of community conflict resolution. Local ES with high social capital are more effective in governance and facilitating community conflict resolution than nonlocal ES without high social capital.

    Morton Deutsch: Celebrating His Theorizing and Research

     David W. Johnson1, Roger T. Johnson1, Dean Tjosvold2, and Cary J. Roseth3

    1University of Minnesota, Edina, MN, U.S.A.

    2Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    3Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ncmr.12122

    Abstract

    This tribute to Morton Deutsch celebrates his unique contributions to social psychological theory, research, cross-cultural applications to business and organizational settings, and cross-species applications. Mort's theorizing progressed from cooperation and competition to trust to conflict resolution to distributive justice, and finally to oppression. As a researcher, Mort was remarkably creative and innovative. His ability to think of ways to study experimentally complex social phenomena created a revolution in social psychology research. Mort's theories and research is being used to understand the nature of effective leadership and organization functioning in business and industry in Asia and other parts of the world. The strong cross-cultural validation of Mort's theorizing and research is unusual in the social sciences. Finally, Mort's cooperation and competition theory operationalizes the dynamics between cooperative and competitive processes in a variety of species and accounts for the mechanisms (e.g., goal structures) that underlie different evolutionary processes.



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    Michael Gross
    Professor
    Colorado State University
    Fort Collins CO
    (970) 491-6368
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