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Broadening the Evaluation of Dispute Resolution: Context and Relationship Over Time
Author(s) -
Sacks Michael Alan,
Reichert Karaleah S.,
Proffitt W. Trexler
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
negotiation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1571-9979
pISSN - 0748-4526
DOI - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.1999.tb00731.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , dispute resolution , conflict resolution , dispute mechanism , context (archaeology) , online dispute resolution , political science , resolution (logic) , focus (optics) , alternative dispute resolution , law and economics , public relations , social psychology , sociology , psychology , law , computer science , geography , physics , archaeology , optics , artificial intelligence
Evaluation of negotiation outcomes tends to focus on measurable, dyadic, short‐term resolutions of conflict. We review current challenges to this traditional model of the evaluation of dispute resolution outcomes, and we offer four perspectives that can help address them. First, we advocate the need for longitudinal studies of negotiations that incorporate disputant relationships before and after a particular negotiation. Second, we highlight the increasing importance of third parties in resolving conflict. Third, we suggest a more comprehensive conception of parties, relationships and outcomes in negotiations research. Finally, we advance an explicit incorporation of context and culture into dispute resolution research models.