Dr. Hee-Chan Song, a faculty member at Sasin Graduate School of Management at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, shares his groundbreaking research on understanding conflicts and tensions through the lens of Buddhist philosophy. In this episode, he delves into how language shapes our perceptions, creates divisions, and contributes to conflicts, while offering powerful insights on how silence and mindful reflection can help us rethink and resolve these challenges. The article referenced in the...
Dec 21, 2024•17 min•Ep. 14
Rees, L. & Tsai, M. & Kopelman, S. & Hu, H., (2024) “Can Confidence Influence Persuasiveness in Disagreements by Conveying Competence versus Dominance? The Moderating Role of Competitiveness”, Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 17(2), 153-181. Research has demonstrated that confident individuals gain social influence because their confidence signals competence rather than dominance in settings in which they do not experience a disagreement with others. We extend this resear...
Dec 04, 2024•25 min•Ep. 13
Dr. Kenneth Tai is a faculty member at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University. This episode focused on his research on gender and workplace mistreatment. He discussed how men and women receive mistreatment in the workplace. The article referenced in the episode: Tai, K., Lee, K., Kim, E., Johnson, T. D., Wang, W., Duffy, M. K., & Kim, S. (2022). Gender, bottom-line mentality, and workplace mistreatment: The roles of gender norm violation and team gender comp...
May 02, 2024•12 min•Ep. 12
Dr. Amira Schiff is a professor and the Director of the Conflict Management, Resolution, and Negotiation Graduate Program at Bar-Ilan University. As a researcher in international conflict resolution, she specializes in the intricacies of conflict management and the dynamics of peace processes. Her influential work, particularly the article 'Reaching a Mutual Agreement: Readiness Theory and Coalition Building in the Aceh Peace Process,' earned the prestigious NCMR award for the best paper in 2014...
Feb 03, 2024•28 min•Ep. 11
Deborah A. Cai (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is professor and senior associate dean in the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University, and she is a faculty member in the Media and Communication doctoral program. Dr. Cai is an international researcher with scholarly and professional expertise in intercultural communication, persuasion, negotiation and conflict management. She has conducted research in China, Japan, and the U.S., and she has trained political and business l...
Oct 23, 2023•20 min•Ep. 10
Dr. Hunsaker is a Global Network Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He has a joint appointment at NYU Shanghai. His research interests include negotiation, emotion, culture, and subjective value. He teaches courses on negotiation, conflict management, and organizational behavior and has presented research all over the world. His greatest achievement—which requires his best negotiation, communication, and organizational skills...
Oct 02, 2023•29 min•Ep. 9
Tim Stevens is an interdisciplinary scientist with expertise on the role of social media and ICT in social interactions. For his PhD research he studied social media dynamics in agro-food governance: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Ftimstevensphd%2Fhome&data=05%7C01%7CMichael.Gross%40colostate.edu%7Ced69a171c64a458e552f08db29fb18a6%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C638149930672519013%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjA...
Mar 27, 2023•24 min•Ep. 8
Emma E. Levine is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and the Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Levine studies the psychology of honesty, trust, and ethical dilemmas. She holds a PhD from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Maurice Schweitzer is the Cecelia Yen Koo Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions and Management at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Maurice studies negotiations and ...
Dec 15, 2022•31 min•Ep. 7
Jason Pierce is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He earned his Ph.D. in Management at Indiana University and has held other faculty appointments at the University of Southern Mississippi and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago, Chile. Prior to beginning his academic career, Jason obtained his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and worked as a network engineer for Nortel Networks. Jason’s areas of expertise now include ...
Mar 08, 2022•17 min•Ep. 6
Jason Pierce is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He earned his Ph.D. in Management at Indiana University and has held other faculty appointments at the University of Southern Mississippi and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago, Chile. Prior to beginning his academic career, Jason obtained his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and worked as a network engineer for Nortel Networks. Jason’s areas of expertise now include ...
Mar 08, 2022•20 min•Ep. 5
Episode 3 article abstract: In the substantial body of research on gender differences in the initiation of negotiation, the findings consistently favor men (Kugler et al., 2018). We propose that this research itself is gendered because negotiation research has traditionally focused on masculine negotiation contexts. In the current study, we replicate the gender effect in initiating negotiations (favoring men) and provide an empirically based selection of “masculine,” “feminine,” and “neutral” ne...
Jan 24, 2022•23 min•Ep. 4
This is Part 2 of a two-part episode. Episode 2 article abstract: When people avoid conflict, there is no “away.” Where do they go physically or mentally? Both engaging and avoiding have a push and a pull. If we knew where avoiders go, we could study the pull of avoidance. This is a descriptive study (N = 446) of interpersonal conflict. We found that physical and mental avoidance appeared with similar frequency, and that they could occur in combination. People often recognized their need for avo...
Sep 26, 2021•19 min•Ep. 3
This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Episode 2 article abstract: When people avoid conflict, there is no “away.” Where do they go physically or mentally? Both engaging and avoiding have a push and a pull. If we knew where avoiders go, we could study the pull of avoidance. This is a descriptive study (N = 446) of interpersonal conflict. We found that physical and mental avoidance appeared with similar frequency, and that they could occur in combination. People often recognized their need for avo...
Sep 26, 2021•27 min•Ep. 2
Episode 1 article abstract: Conflicts are ubiquitous in all life’s domain where people live and perform interdependent tasks, including convents. Managing conflicts among followers is an essential responsibility of leaders. The way leaders behave while managing such conflicts have received little academic attention; available studies have focused on business contexts. This study aimed to examine the relationship between servant leadership, and emotional exhaustion through team conflicts, and fur...
Jul 06, 2021•25 min•Ep. 1
