Counselors (N=72) rated four ethical conflict vignettes. Results revealed significant main effects for pressure and for legal guideline clarity for responses to conflict and significant interaction effects. Decision making was affected negatively by pressure, however, participants relied little on legal guidelines in making responses. (Author/BL)

Comments briefly on the importance of recognizing values in the administrative process, makes some observations about increasing value conflicts in society, and presents an approach to leadership and decision making which takes into account value systems. Builds on Chester Barnard's definition that leadership involves technological attainments and…

Collaborative sponsorship arrangements have heightened continuing educators' awareness of the frequency with which rights, obligations, and values come into conflict. In this article, the author identifies the major sources of values conflict for continuing professional education and shows how principles or moral reasoning can be used to resolve…

Presents a model for understanding how individuals manifest conflict in group psychotherapy and the major changes in technique following from this model. Proposes that individuals make unconscious decisions to expose conflict when it is safe to do so, as opposed to traditional dynamic theory. A clinical example demonstrates technical innovations…

Proposes that a model of conflict resolution based on communication theory constitutes an effective approach to the learning of skills in conflict management. In this framework, it may become possible to change negative perceptions through cognitive processes as a basis for acquisition of conflict resolution skills. (Author/JAC)

Uses personal experiences with feuding factions to discuss principles for handling other conflictual situations, including the Camp David meetings between Israel, Egypt and the United States. Suggest a person-centered approach as an alternative to intergroup hostility. (JAC)

Assessed the relative importance of conflicting interests and ideologies in a simulation of political decision making. Student decision maker (N=96) negotiated the allocation of resources to alternative programs. High conflict of interest dyads took longer to negotiate, allocated less funds, and viewed the negotiation more like a…

Provides a concise overview of important conflict management concepts and strategies for those working in group settings. Presents a brief conceptual basis for understanding conflict and group memebers' behavior when in conflict, followed by specific recommendations for managing and making use of conflict in groups. (JAC)

A case study approach is used to examine alternative responses a supervisor can make to conflict. (IRT)

We are confronted by the threat of universal annihilation. It is the judgment of all intellectual leaders--scientists, educators, philosophers, and theologians--that the next logical step in the history of society's attempt to settle conflict in nonviolent ways is to create a federation of governments or a world government. (SR)

The ranking of American interests in the Middle East and their inherent conflict present foreign policymakers with a dilemma. American involvement in the Middle East is a post-World War II phenomenon. To achieve a breakthrough in the Arab-Israeli dispute, the United States government must take a number of actions. (AM)

Tested the hypothesis that a consequence of increased urbanization is increased competitiveness. Measured Mexican children's preferred responses to conflict. Results did not support the urban-rural dichotomy but suggested the need for a more differentiated classification of the social ecology of settings. (Author/MK)

Dissent is an integral part of human relations, one that can stimulate creative problem solving. Four major strategies for dealing with dissent are power, compromise, consensus, and synergy. (SK)