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408 gap statements mined from Conflict Management and Negotiation papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 3,177 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • This paper aims to explore the critical yet understudied impact of negative emotions – specifically anger and anxiety – expressed by fellow negotiators on the focal negotiator’s perceptions and negotiation outcomes.

    Turning tension into triumph: the role of negative emotions and emotional intelligence in achieving desirable negotiation outcomes · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should explore additional conflict management strategies and their impacts on workplace dynamics in academic institutions.

    Conflict Management Strategies and Workplace Cohesion in Federal Tertiary Institutions in Bayelsa State, Nigeria · 2026 · DOI

  • Effective conflict management training can mitigate these impacts, but evaluating such training programmes remains challenging due to a lack of standardised tools and best practices.

    Healthcare decision-makers’ perspectives on evaluating conflict management training in paediatric healthcare: a utilisation-focused qualitative study · 2024 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the current HR policies and the need for mental health support policies in MNCs. The paper highlights the lack of attention given to corporate disputes or conflicts in an informal way.

    Integrating Neurogenetic Profiling And Legal-Psychological Frameworks For Corporate Conflict Management In Mncs · 2026 · DOI

  • The systematic examination of conflict's structural composition and dynamic development within pedagogical contexts remains an underexplored area of inquiry. The inability to identify the structural elements of a conflict situation or to recognize its developmental stage renders any attempt at resolution arbitrary and ineffective.

    STRUCTURAL AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PEDAGOGICAL CONFLICT: A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of a comprehensive framework for professional negotiation in legal contexts. The need to integrate legal analysis, psychological dynamics, and communicative leadership. The gap in legal education, which traditionally concentrates on legal analysis.

    The Paulini Model of Legal Negotiation: A Structural Approach to Professional Negotiation · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for a more comprehensive understanding of conflict mapping models. There is a need for a comparison of different conflict mapping models. There is a need for a recommendation on the selection of a conflict mapping model based on the research objectives, the characteristics of the conflict, and other contextual factors surrounding the conflict under study.

    SIPPABIO VS SPITCEROW: Studi Literatur Dua Model Pemetaan Konflik · 2026 · DOI

  • Whether care work “should” more choices of types of mediation in addition to fabe done in mediation is still an open question.

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

  • Future research could explore the application of embodied cognition theory in conflict resolution education. Further studies could investigate the effectiveness of the exercise in different educational settings.

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

  • The gap is addressed by exploring the pedagogical potential of transcending traditional frameworks to foster autonomy, collaboration, and critical thinking.

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

  • There is a need to understand the role of forecasting in conflict situations. The paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the benefits of forecasting in managing conflict situations.

    FORECASTING IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS · 2026 · DOI

  • Prior solutions have not adequately addressed the epistemic hazards of socially fraught and deep disagreements.

    Bridging the Divide: Using LLMs to Reshape Difficult Disagreements · 2026 · DOI

  • It highlights the need for targeted educational interventions to improve conflict management skills among medical students. The study also notes the challenge of measuring conflict management tendencies and stress levels among medical students.

    Conflict resolution strategies and their association with perceived stress among German medical students: a cross-sectional study · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap in current research is the lack of studies on the use of negotiation in educational settings. The paper aims to fill this gap by studying the use of negotiation in SMA Negeri 1 Purwakarta.

    Negosiasi Sebagai Instrumen Manajemen Konflik: Studi Kasus Perilaku Verbal Siswa terhadap Guru di SMA Negeri 1 Purwakarta · 2026 · DOI

  • It highlights the need for a deeper understanding of the concept of fairness and its relation to justice and recognition.

    Fairness in Peace Negotiations · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to analyze the sources and forms of conflict, resolution strategies, and implications for the organizational climate.

    Conflict Management in Improving the Organizational Climate of a Madrasah: A Case Study at MA Mutiara Sunggal · 2026 · DOI

  • The subject's judgment system lacks an update mechanism. The subject's judgment system is highly effective in combat domains but systematically dysfunctional in non-combat domains. The subject's judgment system operates as a closed loop.

    Judgment Update Deficiency: A Case Analysis of Xiao Yan from "Battle Through the Heavens" · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding of Judgment Update Deficiency (JUD) in the context of fictional characters. The paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the analysis of JUD in non-combat domains.

    Judgment Update Deficiency: A Case Analysis of Xiao Yan from "Battle Through the Heavens" · 2026 · DOI

  • Conflict resolution training should be incorporated into general studies or entrepreneurship courses to enhance students’ intellectual engagement skills. Structured Academic Debate: Lecturers should design classroom activities that promote structured academic controversy rather than avoid intellectual disagreement. Workshops and Seminars: Institutions should organize workshops on emotional 4.

    ROLE OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS IN PREDICTING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN ACADEMIC CONTROVERSY AT YABATECH'S EPE CAMPUS IN LAGOS STATE · 2026 · DOI

  • Existing studies have primarily examined behavioral performance, instructional decision-making, or cognitive outcomes in VR-based conflict management training. The emotional dimension of these experiences has received comparatively less attention. There is a need for research on emotional regulation within VR-based conflict-management training.

    Emotion-related responses in VR classroom simulations: An AI-based analysis of preservice teachers’ conflict management · 2026 · DOI

  • When team members' actions are insufficiently aligned regarding timing and precision, performance coordination is disrupted, especially during high-concentration phases.

    Explaining situational triggers of incivility in tightly cooperating teams: towards a theory of micro-coordination conflict · 2026 · DOI

  • However, two literature reviews show that irrespective of the inherent uncertainty of most real-world social decision-making contexts, experimental negotiation studies have traditionally relied on certain outcome scenarios so that it remains unknown whether and how outcome uncertainty affects interactive logrolling and therefore agreement quality.

    Playing it safe: Negotiators avoid uncertainty and reach safer, but less integrative agreements · 2026 · DOI

  • Building trust between the parties was a challenge in the Maputo Accord process. The public way in which the talks were being conducted, including the leaking of information to the media, was making it impossible to move beyond political statements or to build any trust in the process.

    Relationality and ‘peace listening’ in the Maputo Accord process in Mozambique · 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.

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

  • Pedagogical relationships in contemporary educational systems are becoming increasingly complex. Conflict can have both functional and dysfunctional consequences. Teachers often consider a conflict resolved once an overt agreement has been reached, failing to recognize that the emotional residue of conflict can persist and undermine future interactions.

    STRUCTURAL AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PEDAGOGICAL CONFLICT: A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Future research should explore additional conflict management strategies and their impacts on workplace dynamics in academic institutions (“Conflict Management Strategies and Workplace Cohesion in Federal Tertiary…”, 2026); (2) The paper highlights the lack of attention given to corporate disputes or conflicts in an informal way (“Integrating Neurogenetic Profiling And Legal-Psychological Frameworks For…”, 2026); (3) The lack of a comprehensive framework for professional negotiation in legal contexts (“The Paulini Model of Legal Negotiation: A Structural Approach to Professional…”, 2026); (4) There is a need for a more comprehensive understanding of conflict mapping models (“SIPPABIO VS SPITCEROW: Studi Literatur Dua Model Pemetaan Konflik”, 2026); (5) Whether care work “should” more choices of types of mediation in addition to fabe done in mediation is still an open question (““Care Work” in Facilitative Mediation: Interactional Techniques for Emotional…”, 2026). 408 gap statements have been mined from Conflict Management and Negotiation papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 3,177 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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