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Open research questions in Conflict Management and Negotiation

60 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 2,958 Conflict Management and Negotiation papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • of the model What have you discovered and learnt about conflicts during the exercise? What experience, memories or thoughts has the activity triggered? What are your reflections about yourself? What other thoughts come to your mind? What information/conclusion/reflection will you take away from the exercise? What have you learnt about other perspectives? Is there anything that you changed your opinion about? If so, what? How can each type of conflict be prevented? Having reviewed the collages, how can conflicts be best defined? Which types of conflicts seem easier and which more difficult to deal with? Why? What would you add to what has already been discussed? In your view, what is missing from the model? What are its possible weaknesses? What would you change in the model? Source: own elaboration.

    Around conflict – image, language and metaphors · 2026 · DOI

  • Whether care work “should” more choices of types of mediation in addition to fa- be done in mediation is still an open question. Acknowledgments Further research on a larger dataset should exam- ine how prevalent care work is and whether its use I would like to thank the mediators and mediation is tied to the resolution of the dispute, satisfaction participants for allowing their sessions to be used with the mediation process, or other positive out- for research purposes.

    “Care Work” in Facilitative Mediation: Interactional Techniques for Emotional Support in the Context of Conflict Resolution · 2026 · DOI

  • Based on the empirical evidence, the following recommendations are put forth: i. Establish a dedicated construction mediation centre in Kaduna Metropolis in collaboration with the government and professional bodies to provide accessible, expert-driven dispute resolution services. Copyright © 2026 by the authors 914 Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies (JCARM) Volume 1 | Issue 4 | May 2026 ii. Mandate ADR clauses in all construction contracts, specifying a multi-step resolution procedure beginning with negotiation and mediation before escalating to arbitration or litigation. iii. Adopt standardized contracts (e.g., FIDIC) that include clear allocation of risks, responsibilities, and change management procedures. iv. Provide mandatory training for all project managers and site supervisors in negotiation, mediation, and collaborative conflict management techniques. v. Implement formal communication protocols , including regular inter-stakeholder meetings and structured reporting, to proactively address potential conflicts before they escalate.

    Conflict Management Practices in the Nigerian Construction Industry: A Study of Kaduna Metropolis · 2026 · DOI

  • Although the generalizability of these findings is limited by a sample consisting only of scholars who completed an AC, they nonetheless highlight the value of ACs as a tool for advancing scientific inquiry and offer practical guidance for scholars and journals exploring this approach.

    Reflections on adversarial collaboration from the adversaries: was it worth it? · 2025 · DOI

  • While there is widespread agreement on the prominent role negotiation plays in education, in the workplace, in public policy, and in other fields, there remains a lack of consensus on pedagogies and teaching models that effectively train students and practitioners in the various aspects of negotiation, ranging from pre‐intervention assessment, to effective bargaining, dialogue, and facilitation, to evaluating procedural and distributive outcomes.

    Educating Negotiators: Using Theory, Practice, Case Studies, and Simulations in an Integrated Learning Experience · 2017 · DOI

  • These results help clarify the mixed findings about the effects of cognitive conflict within SDM teams and provide some insight on how SDM teams can maximize conflict in the decision-making process, without incurring its costs.

    The Effect of Conflict Type and Organizational Crisis on Perceived Strategic Decision Effectiveness · 2015 · DOI

  • This contribution is dedicated to this gap in research and asks how freelance journalists who simultaneously work in the field of PR deal with their fundamentally conflicting roles (journalists’ perception of inter-role conflicts; how they cope with inter-role conflicts).

    What’s the harm in moonlighting? A qualitative survey on the role conflicts of freelance journalists with secondary employment in the field of PR · 2013 · DOI

  • Whether or not, and if so how freelance journalists with secondary employment in the field of PR perceive and come to terms with conflicts has not yet been thoroughly examined.

    What’s the harm in moonlighting? A qualitative survey on the role conflicts of freelance journalists with secondary employment in the field of PR · 2013 · DOI

  • The questionnaire's precursors to business negotiation failure were identified as not having enough information about the other party, not taking the initiative in negotiations, revealing one's own bottom line too early, extraneous factors, no BATNA (best alternative to no agreement) or emergency measures, and being impatient.

    Nothing Succeeds Like Success · 2013 · DOI

  • The objective was to determine if the major findings in previous researches (Munduate, Ganaza, Alcaide & Peiro, 1994; Rahim, 1992) could be replicated with differences in methodology.

    STYLES OF HANDLING INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY · 1997

  • Data from sessions of actual divorce mediations (in ten of which agreement was reached and in ten of which no agreement was reached) indicated that structuring and reframing strategies and tactics discriminated most between the two conditions, particularly in response to disputant bolstering and integrating negotiation strategies.

    Mediator communicative competence · 1988 · DOI

  • For other correlates, it seems that moderator research may be needed to explain conflicting results across samples In the last 12 years, there has been a great deal of correlational research on the relationships between perceived role ambiguity and role conflict and a host of hypothesized antecedents (such as tenure, formalization, boundary spanning) and consequences (such as job satisfaction, job involvement, performance, tension, propensity to leave the job).

    A meta-analysis of the correlates of role conflict and ambiguity. · 1983 · DOI

  • y [Carnegie Mellon University] at 18:52 13 October 2014 EFFECTS OF EGO-INVOLVED ATTITUDES II FREQUENCY TABLE 1 OF PUBLIC AGREEMENT Number of Dyadsi (HI*n = 10, LI*n = 18) Number (HI n — 30 of Scales2 , LI n = 54) Level of Involvement Agreement No Agreement Agreement No Agreement High Low 1 16 9 2 2 30 28 24 1X2= 12-95 (corrected for continuity), p.

    The effects of ego‐involved attitudes on conflict negotiation in dyads · 1969 · DOI

  • The lack of agreement on socio- cultural criteria, reflected in party-based classifications, thus justified further work toward a general theory of conflict. Sim- ilarly, the lack of agreement on psycho- logical and behavioral criteria, reflected in the diverse distinctions between competition and conflict, indicates the extent of the taxonomic dilemma and the need to work toward an adequate classification of antago- nistic relations in general. Anything that is scarce relative to the competing desires of people to have and to enjoy, whether it be a commodity, a loved one, an honor, a position of power, is a con- dition of conflict.

    Some conceptual difficulties in the theory of social conflict · 1968 · DOI

  • More specifically, although the social and technical conditions are often present, the political conditions are lacking;21 there is no freedom of coalition.

    Toward a theory of social conflict · 1958 · DOI

  • This dynamic theorizing contributes to a gap in the literature, emphasizing the importance of confronting, sensemaking and sensegiving, in bringing the catalytic importance of an “Aha! moment.

    Conflict during strategizing: a systematic literature review from a strategy-as-practice perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • In contrast, opportunistic and acquiescent silence are viewed neutrally, suggesting a need for further investigation into the underlying causes of these behaviors.

    ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKPLACE CONFLICT AND EMPLOYEE SILENCE · 2026 · DOI

  • Purpose Most research on team conflict focuses on the effects of horizontal conflict among team members, while vertical conflict between leaders and members remains relatively understudied.

    How do vertical conflicts between team leaders and members affect team performance? From a <i>moqi</i> perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • Whether (and how strongly) various individual differences predict individual and joint bargaining outcomes had, thus far, remained an open question.

    Personality predictors of negotiation performance: Evidence from repeated bargaining and expert forecasts · 2026 · DOI

  • It is exactly from such aspect that the significance of the negotiation process arises as an instrument for peaceful resolution of open issues or disputes, through the establishment and realization of communication between the opposing parties.

    APPLYING NEGOTIATION PROCESS – THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDINGS · 2025 · DOI

  • Among the primary findings of the research, it becomes apparent that while mediation remains a relatively underexplored topic, existing literature suggests that it possesses elements to assert its status as a scientific discipline, evidenced by its own axioms, paradigms, models, and methodologies.

    Is Mediation a Scientific Discipline? Theoretical and Practical Perspectives · 2024 · DOI

  • Purpose The link between relationship typologies and effectiveness of conflict resolution approaches remains to be tested despite its significance in conflict management in construction project delivery.

    Relationship clusters and performance of conflict management strategies in cross-organisational projects teams · 2023 · DOI

  • While many studies have investigated the causes and implications of such conflicts, the extent to which traditional and central authorities collaborate in the management of chieftaincy succession conflicts in Ghana is largely understudied.

    Collaboration between traditional and central authorities in chieftaincy succession conflicts management in Ghana: Evidence from Bole traditional area · 2022 · DOI

  • Based on this, I noted that limited research, with alternate results were done based on the interaction between biases bothering on mood, culture, personality as well as education and experience on the negotiators’ judgments.

    Cognitive Biases in Negotiation - Literature Review · 2020 · DOI

  • The law acquaintance with the focus on mediation has not been studied extensively, although the identification of the current state is crucial for formulating the effective strategies for its broader use.

    Mediation in the Context of Law Acquaintance <sup>1</sup> · 2020 · DOI

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