The Australian chicken meat industry is part of a worldwide marketing phenomenon where chickens are 'crossing the road' in record numbers in response to consumer demand and efficient 'farm to food' systems. Processor vertical integration is at the heart of system efficiency, with farmer growing...

This article opens up mediation to systematic economic analysis by considering mediators as analogous to the Walrasian auctioneers of exchange theory. By altering trade-off rates among bargaining issues, mediators facilitate a process leading towards Pareto efficient voluntary settlements.

The study investigated the relationships of the five dimensions of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empa-thy, and social skills of supervisors to subordinates' strategies of handling conflict: problem solving and bargaining. Data (N = 1,395) for this study...

The purpose of this paper is to highlight through examples and discussion the challenges that business faculty, and in particular those who teach negotiation and conflict resolution, face when teaching Western business principles to international students. The paper begins by differentiating the...

Although an emphasis on teams and an emphasis on individuals are often considered mutually exclusive, teams depend upon the skill and effort of individual team members. In addition, teams can support and encourage individuals to perform effectively. Team capability to help individual team...

Conflict management skills are valued in medical education as a means of fostering teamwork and collaboration among health care professionals. Conflict management strategies may be applicable to health care in resolving conflict. Conflict management among health professionals may be a desirable...

The current study examined the relationships between conflict management patterns within work teams and individuals' group identification, and social and global self-efficacy. Four hypotheses were tested: 1. The individual's level of group identification is positively correlated with...