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Mediation styles: Subjective description of mediators
Author(s) -
Wood John
Publication year - 2004
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.72
Subject(s) - mediation , facilitator , mediator , negotiation , psychology , matching (statistics) , social psychology , function (biology) , political science , medicine , pathology , evolutionary biology , law , biology
Some mediation scholars argue that mediator effectiveness is a direct function of matching the mediator to a specific mediation case, in terms of aligning the neutral's skill and experience to the dynamics of the case in question. This study uses Q methodology and reveals four styles of mediators: the counselor, the negotiator, the facilitator, and the democrat.