“…Finally, reflective strategies are those interventions that attempt to gain the acceptance of the parties, to establish trust in the mediator and in the mediation process, and to create a basis for the development of future activities. There is significant evidence in the literature of the fundamental role of trust in workplace mediation and conflict resolution processes and that it is the basis for such strategies (Poitras et al, 2003;Kydd, 2003;Goldberg, 2005;Maoz & Terris, 2006;Goldberg & Shaw, 2007;Poitras, 2009;Kong et al, 2019;Masood & Javed, 2016;Lopez-Fresno et al, 2018;Rivera Adrover & Casado de Starizky, 2019;Isaacson et al, 2020;Riera Adrover et al, 2020a;Riera Adrover et al, 2020b;Munduate et al, 2022). Recently, studies have shown that employees appeared to feel psychologically safe, which eventually results in less group conflicts, when they trust they have supportive leaders and there is organizational trust (Joo et al, 2023).…”