One for all and all for one: Using multiple identification theory simulations to build cooperative attitudes and behaviors in a Middle Eastern conflict scenario

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-207

  Williams, Robert Howard ^a   Williams, Alexander Jonathan ^b,c  

^a Maple Woods College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Conflict resolution; Cooperation; International relations; Iraq War; Middle East; MIT; Multiple identification theory; Negotiation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952535681     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878108319931     Document Type: Article

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