Priscilla Prutzman, Tara Fishler, Creative Response To Conflict (CRC)
{"title":"Creative Connections: How Creative Response to Conflict Integrated Their Themes to Create Community Building Online During and After COVID","authors":"Priscilla Prutzman, Tara Fishler, Creative Response To Conflict (CRC)","doi":"10.1002/crq.21489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21489","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 2","pages":"283-288"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145626035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Mankind Will Not Disappear due to Wars in the Current Millennium: 2025–3000 Projections of Death Toll From Wars","authors":"Pierre Rostan, Alexandra Rostan","doi":"10.1002/crq.21494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21494","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The aim of this research is to answer the question of why mankind will not disappear due to wars in the current millennium by predicting the number of deaths caused by wars. The methodology uses a four-step forecasting model based on wavelet analysis to predict deaths estimates resulting from wars from 2025 to 3000. The database is built from death toll estimates of 193 wars identified through history from 549 <span>bc</span> to 2024 for a total of 456,078,636 casualties over 2574 years. These estimates lead to forecasts of the death toll from wars and are compared to projections of the global population. The findings indicate that, overall, between 2025 and 3000, the percentage of the death toll from wars out of the world population will never exceed 0.016% (highest in year 2071) versus 0.977% (highest in the history of wars in years 755–758 with the An Lushan rebellion in China) but the death toll will average 843,882 victims per year in future years (between 2025 and 3000 over 976 years), 4.7 times larger than the annual average of 177,186 in past years from 549 <span>bc</span> to 2024, reaching a high of 1,957,513 in the year 2238 versus a historical high of 12,047,636 in the year 1939. During the third millennium, annual estimates will not exceed 2 million deaths per year. After reaching 1,871,680 deaths in 2483, the trend will decrease to 660,809 in 3000. Comparing the next 976 years (2025–3000) to the past 976 years (1049–2024), cumulated casualties will still be 2.5 times larger with 952,366,769 casualties in the future versus 370,232,054 in the past.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 2","pages":"269-281"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145625661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are There More or Fewer Challenges? Linking Affordances Perspectives to Conflict Experiences in Hybrid Virtual Teams","authors":"Yeju Choi, Michael J. Lee","doi":"10.1002/crq.21493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21493","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although hybrid virtual teams are increasingly common in organizations nowadays, there are limited studies focusing on conflict in these teams. Also, much of the literature in the field relies on deterministic frameworks that assume that technology uniformly shares team experiences. This research challenges this assumption by applying the affordances-based approach that helps explain why people use the same technology in different ways or use other technologies in similar ways. This study explores how individuals in hybrid virtual teams perceive and use hybrid virtual environments and how this influences their conflict experiences. Using semi-structured interviews, this study found three distinctive groups of hybrid virtual team workers—Social Butterflies, Efficiency Seekers, and Flexible Adaptors—who prioritize and maximize different environmental affordances and report different experiences of challenges and conflict based on the preferred affordances. This study argues that the impact of hybrid work arrangements may vary for different individuals, and organizations can adapt their strategies to help employees capitalize on these specific affordances to enhance their team collaboration experience and help overcome challenges and conflict.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 2","pages":"251-267"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145625564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shirly Rozen, Helena Desivilya Syna, Maayan Katzir
{"title":"The Enigma of Intra-Team Collaboration in the Digital Era: The Contribution of Conflict Management and Leadership Patterns, Choice of Communication Mode, and Work Engagement","authors":"Shirly Rozen, Helena Desivilya Syna, Maayan Katzir","doi":"10.1002/crq.21492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21492","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study sought to expand knowledge about the contribution of team processes—conflict management patterns and leadership patterns, the choice of communication mode to deal with various conflicts, and team members' individual and collective work engagement to intra-team collaboration in teams working in a hybrid format. The study employed a qualitative methodology based on grounded theory. Data collection comprised semi-structured interviews with 20 individuals, members of work teams in a government organization that recently transitioned to hybrid work arrangements. The findings present three themes: What and Why? of intra-team conflicts in teams using hybrid communication, addressing feelings of tension and discomfort, issues of cohesiveness and integration among team members, and leadership patterns; How? Choice of communication mode to engage intra-team conflict sheds light on the participants' preference of communication mode (face-to-face versus virtual) to handle different conflicts; What makes me feel good in my team captures team processes that contribute to the participants' individual and collective work engagement. The study shows that teams working in a hybrid format opt for in-person communication when dealing with intra-team conflicts revolving around issues of status, power relations, and interpersonal incompatibilities to mitigate tensions, especially when encountering conflicts with a high likelihood of escalation. Furthermore, adopting cooperative conflict management and shared leadership patterns to handle conflicts benefits effective intra-team collaboration. The study expands Tyler and Blader's Group Engagement Model to teams working in a hybrid format, illuminating team members' beliefs that the sense of meaningfulness and individual motivation to contribute to the team encourages collective teamwork engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 2","pages":"239-250"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21492","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145625686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using AI in My Disputes? Clients' Perception and Acceptance of Using AI in Mediation","authors":"Yeju Choi","doi":"10.1002/crq.21483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21483","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores how potential mediation clients perceive and accept mediators using AI in their disputes through the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Based on 12 semi-structured interviews, this research identifies three critical factors influencing participants' acceptance: (1) the specific tasks and processes of mediation, (2) the task-specific performance expectancy, and (3) trust in mediators' responsible use of AI. This research further explores the relationship among these factors using online survey results from 152 participants. It found that the relationship between the performance expectancy of AI and behavioral intention to hire mediators who use AI is partially mediated by trust in mediators' responsible use of AI. This study also reveals that participants are more likely to accept mediators using AI for tasks to prepare for their sessions (e.g., generating summaries, drafting mediation agreements, tracking case details and communications, and preparing for sessions). On the other hand, participants are less likely to accept mediators using AI for tasks used during mediation or to benefit future participants or mediators (e.g., sentiment analysis, training AI models using de-identified data for the development of other mediators or themselves, or co-mediating with an AI avatar). This study contributes to the field by empirically examining and extending UTAUT, enhancing our understanding of technology adoption in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and providing a theoretical framework for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 2","pages":"223-238"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21483","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145626430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing Conflict Resolution and Perceptions: An Approach Leveraging the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Theory","authors":"C. Otrakji, J. Landis, R. G. Saade, R. Ali Adeeb","doi":"10.1002/crq.21491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21491","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Conflict resolution management is a process whereby two or more parties engage toward an agreeable solution to a dispute. In this study, we propose a methodology to start a structured process of resolving complex conflicts between parties that previously avoided any form of engagement. We leverage the Thomas-Kilmann conflict mode theory to guide our methodological design that we have termed SACRE (Symmetric Asynchronous Conflict Resolution Environment). SACRE was designed for and implemented in a real-world project related to the complex topic of the Israeli–Syrian conflict. We then tested the effectiveness of SACRE in an academic setting and examined through statistical analysis its impact on the understanding and the perceptions of the conflict. Our findings indicate that SACRE, which offers an approach to communication among parties in conflict, can enhance knowledge of the issues of contention and bridge the conflict's perceptual gap.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 2","pages":"201-222"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145625980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nitzan Faibish, Ifat Maoz, Paz Yaacov, Dan Miodownik
{"title":"Spontaneous Contact and Social Resilience Following Eruption of Interethnic Violence in Ethnically Mixed Settings","authors":"Nitzan Faibish, Ifat Maoz, Paz Yaacov, Dan Miodownik","doi":"10.1002/crq.21490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21490","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Does spontaneous contact between individuals from different ethnonational groups affect their social resilience, specifically their ability to avoid escalation and radicalization following eruptions of ethnic violence? To address this question, we conducted a series of studies in mixed Jewish–Palestinian cities and academic settings. Study 1, based on data collected through large-scale online surveys of residents in both mixed and non-mixed cities in Israel (<i>n</i> = 944), reveals that Jewish and Palestinian residents living in mixed cities exhibit higher social resilience than residents of homogeneous cities. This heightened resilience is manifested through more favorable attitudes toward the outgroup and reduced feelings of tension during and following episodes of intercommunal violence. We propose that the underlying mechanism explaining this resilience to the disruptive effects of violence is the higher prevalence of spontaneous intergroup contact enabled in mixed settings compared to more homogeneous ones. This explanation is supported by Study 2, which involved two rounds of surveys completed by Jewish and Palestinian students (<i>n</i> = 6467) at a heterogeneous campus in a mixed city in Israel. The findings demonstrate that positive attitudes toward the outgroup following incidents of intercommunal violence were more durable among students exposed to spontaneous intergroup contact. We discuss the implications of our findings for deepening our understanding of conflict and conflict management in ethnically mixed and conflicted settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 1","pages":"181-194"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21490","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Good Tune Theory: An Exploration of LGBTQIA+ Peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina","authors":"Mehmet Yavuz","doi":"10.1002/crq.21486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21486","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Good tune theory (GTT) is introduced in this article to advocate for the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) ongoing peacebuilding efforts. GTT emerged from queer research conducted in 2022 and from the experiences and activism of 43 LGBTQIA+ people currently living in Bosnia, particularly in the post-peace accord context. Primarily, GTT argues that achieving true peace requires constant resistance against dominant systems and advocacy for enforcing and maintaining the promises made in peace agreements, especially for marginalized groups. The proposed theory uses the metaphor of a well-tuned guitar in which each string represents a critical step in peacebuilding, ultimately leading to the concept of “treasure-chest peace” (TCP). Using the example of BiH's legal reforms for queer rights, this work introduces TCP, which emphasizes the urgent need to protect and enforce these hard-won rights, thereby preventing their erosion. GTT further critiques current neoliberal and political peacebuilding frameworks for actively encouraging marginalization through the exclusion of queer rights. The theory also calls for a critical and intersectional approach, emphasizing the idea that queer identities cannot be separated from ethnic identities in the discussion of Bosnia's ethnic divisions. Grounded in an ethnopolitical discourse, GTT explores links with other marginalized ethnic groups, such as the Jewish and Roma communities, and suggests that collective struggles for liberties, human rights, and recognition can foster solidarity and strengthen resistance against a dominant patriarchal society. Therefore, GTT emphasizes queer voices while addressing the challenges and urgent needs of the LGBTQIA+ community in Bosnia.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 1","pages":"159-169"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mediation Agreement in the Courtroom","authors":"Lenka Dušková, Jan Holas","doi":"10.1002/crq.21487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21487","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Existing European legal scholarship focuses primarily on legal frameworks and conditions for mediation, while not delving into practical aspects of mediation on the ground. Concurrently, the social sciences lack the analysis of roles and approaches of different actors in mediation. To this end, the study intends to bridge the seemingly intangible divide between disciplines with the specific aim to uncover processes leading to mediation agreements in the context of court-annexed mediation in the Czech Republic, a state embarking on mediation theory and practice relatively recently. The qualitative analysis shows variation among judges of district courts in terms of knowledge, trust, and commitment to mediation. In theory, judges rather agree on the value added of mediation, and they tend to believe the ideal outcome of the process is the agreement among parties leading to action withdrawal. Where they differ are the practical aspects related to the character of the agreement, namely (i) who shall support the parties in reaching the mediation agreement; and (ii) to what extent and how are judges in the courtroom ready to work with mediation outcomes in the post-mediation phase. In some cases, it is crucial that they receive agreements fully in line with the criteria of non-contradiction with substantive law, specificity, and covering all aspects of the dispute. In other cases, there is more openness to engage with the agreements and willingness to support the parties to finalize them upon return to the courtroom to adjust them to the satisfaction of both: the parties and the judges.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 1","pages":"171-179"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21487","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Interplay of Public Administration and Community Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Rapid Scoping Review","authors":"Daniela Gröschke","doi":"10.1002/crq.21480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21480","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This rapid scoping review examines the interplay between public administration and community resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the type of research conducted, emerging themes in resilience studies, and key lessons learned. The findings show that research in the Global North has primarily examined resilience at the city level, while studies in the Global South have focused on vulnerable populations. Mechanisms of resilience are shaped by factors that increase community vulnerability (environmental, structural, and socio-cultural factors), key drivers of resilience (digital and technological innovation, adaptive capacity), and their respective influence on resilience strategies (including community-centered initiatives and multi-level, cross-sectoral collaboration). Together, these elements contribute to different resilience outcomes (persistence, adaptation, or transformation). Overall, strong public administrations were found to enhance community resilience, while limited access to public services increased vulnerability, particularly in marginalized communities, and reduced capacity for resilience. However, research on public administration resilience, particularly in the Global South, and on the role of social conflict in resilience processes remains limited. Directions for future research are outlined.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":"43 1","pages":"133-157"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21480","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}