We examine the consequences of an often ignored aspect of work group conflict—
asymmetric conflict perceptions—for the effectiveness of individuals and groups. Tests of our …

As environments become more dynamic and increasingly competitive, organizations must
become more entrepreneurial. To explain how and why an organization becomes more (or …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore what meanings organizational actors and
researchers invest in the term trust, to provide insights from a qualitative perspective of …

The context of mediation immediately highlights the importance of argumentation as a
means to reasonably handle conflict. Argumentation in dispute mediation tackles this topic …

Mergers and acquisitions of higher education institutions are relatively rare, but each merger
or acquisition provides a rich and distinctive example of major strategic organizational …

This article is a response to several factors: the emergence of occupational stress as a main
theme in a qualitative study involving parties to workplace mediation; the recognition that …

The success mediation is experiencing in several societal domains (Sander 1979; Moffitt
and Bordone 2005) is mainly bound to the possibility that this practice offers to find a win-win …

The purpose of a merger is to increase the value of the merging entities into a unified,
profitable organization. With the intent of value creation, why does research show that …

This new bookseries highlights the variety of argumentative practices that have become
established in modern society by focusing on the study of context-dependent characteristics …

Organizational design enhances a company's business strategy by configuring and
reconfiguring organizations through the alignment of processes, rewards, policies …