{"title":"Precipitants of the ineffective labor act enforcement in Zimbabwe","authors":"Pilot Ndhlovu, Provilence Ndhlovu","doi":"10.1002/crq.21401","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21401","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The research sought to establish precipitants of ineffective labor act enforcement in the Gokwe area in Zimbabwe. A quantitative approach was used in this study. A survey study design was utilized through the use of a structured questionnaire. The stratified sampling method was used to select 80 participants. What emerged as major precipitants of ineffective labor act enforcement in the country, were lack of education, the legal cost involved, lack of representation, contradictions between Labor Officers and Designated Agents, and the bias of labor act enforcers as well as the distance traveled to seek labor justice. To ensure workers are more conscious of their rights, there should be a rollout of labor act educational campaigns in the country to inform employees and employers of their rights and their boundaries. The Government should remove application costs paid by the winning party at the labor court. To reduce the distance, the government should revisit the labor act, particularly on the issue of designated agents to grant labor officers some power within the jurisdictions of the designated agents to stimulate labor act enforcement and good practices. The dispute resolution system should be less expensive.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43517162","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":"Issues of integration, language and identity among Palestinian students at an Israeli “Hebrew-speaking” University","authors":"Friederike Stock, Yiftach Ron","doi":"10.1002/crq.21400","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21400","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the experiences of Palestinian students at one of the largest universities in Israel, where most of the faculty members and students are Jewish and the language of study is Hebrew. A thematic content analysis of 15 in-depth interviews was conducted with Palestinian students who are citizens of Israel or permanent residents living in East Jerusalem. It revealed the challenges at a Jewish-dominated university on both an academic and a social level. Participants reported that increased exposure to their Jewish counterparts and acquiring greater proficiency in Hebrew facilitated improved intergroup contact with Jewish students. In contrast, the constraints of asymmetry, political tension, and a lack of Hebrew proficiency acted as barriers and were described as major causes of division between Palestinian and Jewish students. Furthermore, constant exposure to Jewish majority culture and the Hebrew language is found to be linked to a strong sense of Palestinian group identity. These findings expand our understanding of the interrelations between language, power and identity in asymmetric intergroup relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21400","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45698253","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 effects of moral exemplars awareness on common ingroup identification and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda","authors":"Pauline Joy Atete, Michał Bilewicz","doi":"10.1002/crq.21399","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21399","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Moral exemplars (Imena) play an important part in commemorative practices and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda. Acknowledging the essential role of moral exemplars in reconciliation and intergroup contact in post-conflict setting, we aimed at examining the effects of exposure to moral-exemplars on people's attitudes toward reconciliation and identification with superordinate national category in Rwanda. A study of 168 young Rwandans showed that higher awareness of moral exemplars during genocide was related to stronger ingroup ties with other ingroup members and higher centrality of national identification. Strong ingroup ties significantly mediated the effects of moral exemplars awareness on reconciliation attitudes. This shows that ties with other members of common national ingroup, as well as the centrality of superordinate categories could be effective means for reconciliation after genocide.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41285754","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":"Neutrality in Spain and Chile from the perspective of mediators: A literature review","authors":"Pilar Munuera Gómez, Caterine Valdebenito Larenas, Carmen Alemán Bracho, Jerónimo Molina Cano","doi":"10.1002/crq.21398","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21398","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper is based on the analysis of the importance given to neutrality in the intervention of mediators, with special emphasis on the legislation and codes of conduct followed by mediators in Spain and Chile. For this purpose, a review of the literature on neutrality has been carried out using various scientific databases and an analysis of the legislation in these countries. The aim of this analysis was to highlight the research carried out by mediation professionals on this issue and to propose possible solutions. Among the results achieved is the affirmation that neutrality is in the mediation process and not in the mediator. This reality is not reflected in ethical codes of conduct or in legislation. Therefore, it is proposed the need to elaborate a universal and accredited code of ethics, which would help to consolidate the current polyphony of voices on mediator neutrality in the countries where mediation is used. As mediation as a profession becomes more and more established, it is essential that the principle of neutrality be understood unambiguously. In contrast to the rules that appear in current legislation and in certain codes of conduct, mediators should not be subject to the constraints of achieving personal neutrality.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21398","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42322439","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":"Recovery marketing for conflict sensitive destination: Stakeholders perspective on tourism revival in Kashmir Valley (India)","authors":"Ashaq Hussain Najar, Parvinder Kour, Aruditya Jasrotia","doi":"10.1002/crq.21393","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21393","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study aims to examine the destination recovery procedures through the stakeholders' lens. It focuses on identifying real-time implications and opportunities for destination marketing authorities toward tourism revival. This paper utilized a thematic analysis with data sourced through interviews with stakeholders in the tourism industry resulting in the emergence of various subcategories, which were further grouped into six final themes. These themes include the determination and confidence of stakeholders, need for a peaceful environment, recovery from negative media propaganda, tourist awareness, and online marketing to persuade people who have already visited the destination.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135741620","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":"Climate-related armed conflict and communities' resistance to Rural Grazing Area settlement policy in Nigeria's Middlebelt","authors":"John Sunday Ojo","doi":"10.1002/crq.21390","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21390","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In Nigeria, resource contests have sparked unending ecological conflict. As a result, conflict resolution measures have been proposed to mitigate climate-related conflict. However, the acceptance of such policies is hampered by ethnic suspicions, communities' exclusion, religious sensitivities, and a lack of political will. State policies are frequently based on centralized resources, which is exacerbated by the complexities of power relations between central and sub-national authorities. Thus, this article examines communities' resistance to the Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) settlement policy in Nigeria's Middlebelt using Benue state as a reference point. The study employed a quantitative method using questionnaires. The study used a sample size of 385 questionnaires administered in Guma, Gwer-West, Gwer-East, Ukum, and Logo local governments in Benue state. Therefore, the article found that the failure of communities' inclusivity substantially contributed to the local revolt against the RUGA settlement policy. Specifically, the study's findings demonstrate that the possibility of losing ancestral lands, the past experience of the host communities, ethnic and political factors, and poor policy awareness were the primary factors that reinforced communities' resistance to RUGA policy. Moreover, the government's over-reliance on an authoritarian mechanism and wrong policy choices compounded by a non-inclusive approach contributed to policy failure to gain acceptability at the grassroots level in Benue state. As an intervention, the article recommends democratically inclusive conflict resolution strategies for climate-related armed conflict in the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21390","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46078053","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}
Lily J. Jiang, Amy G. Applegate JD, Claire S. Tomlinson, Fernanda S. Rossi PhD, Connie J. Beck PhD, Jeannie M. Adams MA, Amy Holtzworth-Munroe PhD
{"title":"Parents reporting partner violence: Reaching or not reaching agreement in mediation or litigating without mediation","authors":"Lily J. Jiang, Amy G. Applegate JD, Claire S. Tomlinson, Fernanda S. Rossi PhD, Connie J. Beck PhD, Jeannie M. Adams MA, Amy Holtzworth-Munroe PhD","doi":"10.1002/crq.21387","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21387","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using data from a study examining forms of mediation designed to be safer for separating parents reporting high levels of intimate partner violence (IPV; Holtzworth-Munroe, Applegate, et al., 2021; Holtzworth-Munroe, Beck, et al., 2021), the current study compares three groups, cases that reached mediation agreement (“mediation agreement group”), did not reach mediation agreement and returned to court (“no mediation agreement group”), or went to court without attempting mediation (“court group”). Ninety-eight cases started mediation and 68% did not reach agreement. Sixty-six cases went to court without mediation. The mediation agreement group reported better outcomes, immediately (e.g., felt safer, less upset, higher satisfaction, faster case resolution, more likely to address issues and interparental communication limits) and one-year later (e.g., higher satisfaction, fewer court orders), than the other groups. The court group only differed from both mediation groups on a few measures (e.g., lower satisfaction, less likely to exchange children at parents' homes). The no mediation agreement group reported more negative outcomes than one or both other groups (e.g., less satisfaction, more harassment from other parent, less social support at follow-up). In mediation designed to be safer for cases reporting high levels of IPV and with parties willing to try mediation, reaching agreement was associated with positive outcomes, and not reaching agreement was associated with potentially concerning outcomes. Research is needed to identify risk factors for not reaching agreement. Additional services may need to be provided to such cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21387","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47246672","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}
Zsolt Péter Szabó, Marta Witkowska, Hanna Szekeres
{"title":"When and why moral exemplars fail to motivate intergroup reconciliation","authors":"Zsolt Péter Szabó, Marta Witkowska, Hanna Szekeres","doi":"10.1002/crq.21391","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21391","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present study examines the effectiveness of moral-exemplar interventions in the context of recurring oppression and historical trauma. Moral exemplars are individuals who have risked important aspects of their lives to save the lives of members of other social groups. In two experimental studies (total <i>N</i> = 405), we tested the hypothesis that presenting ingroup or outgroup moral exemplars improves intergroup relationships. We also tested the effects of the prototypicality of moral exemplars by manipulating the frequency of helping behavior in the perpetrator group. We used open-ended questions to qualitatively investigate how participants viewed moral exemplars. We failed to find positive effects of moral-exemplar interventions. The qualitative analysis confirmed that the in-group moral exemplar could be used as an “alibi” to justify the in-group's transgressions, while the outgroup moral exemplar was subtyped. Importantly, our findings do not invalidate, but complement, the moral-exemplar intervention literature by offering insights into future work with such interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21391","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41626091","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 defining role of Mary Rowe","authors":"Howard Gadlin","doi":"10.1002/crq.21388","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21388","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41789870","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}