What motivates individual self-sacrificial behavior in intergroup conflicts? Is it the altruistic desire to help the ingroup or the aggressive drive to hurt the outgroup? This paper introduces a new game paradigm, the Intergroup Prisoner's Dilemma - Maximizing Difference (IPD-MD) game, designed...

Theories of violence have traditionally predicted that bystanders are less likely to intervene when in the presence of others than when alone. We re-examine this prediction using data from 42 episodes of public violence in quot;night-time economyquot; spaces in the United Kingdom, as captured on...

Previous research shows that initiating compensation negotiations is socially risky for women (Bowles, Babcock, amp; Lai, 2007). The current research investigates whether there are ways women can ask to minimize these social risks. In three studies, we test impressions created by alternative...

This paper presents the method of quot;Integrative Mediationquot;, a methodology for interethnic mediation at the local level in post-conflict areas developed. It focuses on South Eastern Europe, and it was developed by the CSSProject for Integrative Mediation, a registered non-profit...

Employees do not always respond to feedback as management would like. To explain different responses to feedback, we proposed that both situational cues (i.e., feedback signs and styles) and the self-construals of feedback receivers (i.e., level of interdependent self) jointly affect their sense...

Amidst the vast literature on social conflict, there are a few basic theoretical models that have helped advance the understanding and practice of constructive conflict resolution. Among these, one of the most important and influential is Deutsch's theory of conflict resolution (1973, 2006)....

This paper focuses on mediation in conflicts between employer and employee. Based on theories of power, we expect differences in both the perception and effects of the conflict, as well as differences in the evaluation of the mediation between employers and employees in hierarchical conflict;...

Negotiation is an essential skill for personal well-being and professional success, a skill that begins with identifying and acting on one's wants and needs. Individuals, however, often lack the confidence, motivation, or training to simply ask for what they want in many situations. This paper...

This research examines the influence of perceived relationship justice and conflict on the psychological adjustment of expatriates and their spouses. We proposed an interdependence model - in which both ego and alter effects were assumed - to address the influence spouses exert on each other....