present results from a laboratory experiment in which two parties can appropriate resources via a contest or, alternatively … compares conflict choices of players in two-against-two, one-against-one, and two-against-one settings. Overall, we find … evidence for a higher propensity to opt for conflict when entering the fight in a group than when having to fight as a single …

This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral opponents … clash in order to redistribute a divisible prize in their favour. Differently from common contest models agents have the … option of choosing a second instrument to affect the outcome of the conflict. The second instrument is assumed to capture a …

I study information disclosure as a means to create conflict. A sender has information about two parties' relative …

One of the most important and disputed questions within the fields of international relations and conflict studies … of a mediation process is affected by two factors: the relative degree of conflict and the incentives to misrepresent … is a sufficiently low likelihood of a misrepresentation problem. If in addition, the relative degree of conflict is low …

Two individuals are involved in a conflict situation in which preferences are ex-ante uncertain. While they eventually …

We experimentally test the social motives behind individual participation in intergroup conflict by manipulating the … framing and symmetry of conflict. We find that behavior in conflict depends on whether one is harmed by actions perpetrated by … to do what is good for the group and contribute to the conflict. On the other hand, if people perceive to be personally …

There were numerous studies on conflict or conflict management styles (Jehn, 1997; Rahim, 2001) and individual and … group outcomes, but no study, to our knowledge, investigated the moderating or mediating effects of the conflict management … strategies on the relationship between conflict and job performance. This study was an attempt to bridge the gap. The moderating …

The current study was designed to investigate conflict dynamics in intact work teams, focusing on the role of emotional … experience in the process of conflict management. Furthermore, we attempted to elucidate the contribution of an individual … indirectly affecting conflict management patterns. Sixty nine medical teams, comprising 331 employeess (mainly nurses and …

-seller relationships. This research presents and tests a conceptual framework examining the effect of the type of conflict (dysfunctional … and functional) in the relationship, the conflict management approaches used by the salesperson, and the subsequent … managers. First, the most straightforward and obvious finding is that dysfunctional conflict is detrimental to relationship …