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Italian Mediators in Action: The Impact of Style and Attitude
Author(s) -
Cominelli Luigi,
Lucchiari Claudio
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.21206
Subject(s) - mediation , style (visual arts) , psychology , social psychology , settlement (finance) , action (physics) , political science , law , business , geography , physics , archaeology , finance , quantum mechanics , payment
We analyzed a questionnaire sent to Italian mediators. We sought to investigate three areas: style of mediation, personal attitude toward the conflict, and effectiveness in leading the parties to a negotiated agreement in mediation. We found no significant correlations between the style of mediation and the attitude of the respondents to the conflict. Respondents with postgraduate training in economics or accounting achieved higher rates of settlement. The style of the mediator may be of some use as a paradigm of orientation, but has no sufficient predictive value to be confirmed as a key to the functioning of the mediation.