Is there method in the madness of mediation? Some lessons for mediators from quantitative studies of mediation

International Interactions

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-354

  Bercovitch, Jacob ^a   Sigmund Gartner, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Conflict outcomes; Conflict resolution; Mediation; Mediation strategy; Multinomial logit; Selection effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845752884     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: 15477444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050620601011024     Document Type: Article

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