Weaving Together Theory, Research, Practice, and Teaching: A Four‐dimensional Approach to Negotiation and Conflict Management Work

Abstract

In this article, we suggest a new paradigm for writing on negotiation and conflict management that integrates theory, research, practice, and teaching. While there might be an implicit understanding that such integration is key to advancing the field, we make this explicit. Highlighting the critical aspects of this relationship, we call for a four‐dimensional approach to writing in the negotiation and conflict management field. We suggest that adopting such systematic and intentional exploration of all four dimensions should be the default approach to writing on negotiation and conflict management topics. We provide brief summaries of the articles presented in the special issue and discuss the essence, origins, and weighting of the four dimensions in each paper. Finally, we suggest that this four‐dimensional approach might have ramifications for the field's work, in areas other than writing.

Distributive/integrative negotiation strategies in cross-cultural contexts: a comparative study of the USA and Italy

“…This is a quantitative data set, with face validity and conveniently structured for statistical analysis. We gathered the data within the framework of theory of practice (Bourdieu, 1977), using experiences to develop theory (Broome, 2017) and integrating teaching, practice, theory, and research (Ebner & Parlamis, 2017). To reduce the risk that results might be biased by specific contextual events, data were collected between 2010 and 2018.…”

NCMR's First Decade: An Empirical Examination

“…Examples include Thatcher and Phillips’ () issue on how parties to the same conflict or negotiation may have different, or asymmetric, perceptions of it; Kressel and Wall's () issue on the role that a mediator's tactics and behaviors have on resolving disputes; and Elliott and Kaufman's () issue on the growing use of conflict management theory and practice to address issues of the environment and sustainability. Other special issues have been broader in scope and have been opportunities for a certain kind of paper, such as the development of new theory for negotiation or conflict management problems (Cronin, ), conceptual reviews of a literature (Gross, Adair, & Neuman, ; and more recently Gross, ), or ways in which our theory and research can be more closely linked to our teaching and to practice (Ebner & Parlamis, ).…”