International Journal of Conflict Management: Volume 28 Issue 2

Can absent leadership be positive in team conflicts?: An examination of leaders’ avoidance behavior in China

Inju Yang, Ming Li

This paper aims to examine how leaders’ avoidance influences followers’ attitudes and well-being in China. Although conflict avoidance is one of the most commonly used conflict…

Negotiating conflict resolution from “the eye of the storm”

Leon Monroe Miller

This paper aims to explain how peace research has influenced a re-conceptualization of the international relations (IR) notion of security and conflict, the nature of the global…

Israeli war veterans’ memory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Rafi Nets-Zehngut

This paper aims to explore, for the first time over a long period of time, the autobiographical memory of Israeli veterans of the 1948 War, pertaining to the 1948 Palestinian…

“Do it this way, not that way”: An exploration of Chinese workplace conflicts

Yijia Guo, Ioana A. Cionea

This paper aims to examine the occurrence and management of conflict in Chinese organizations, from an emic perspective. The authors provide an in-depth understanding of Chinese…

Recovering from conflict and uncertainty post Arab Spring: A model leveraging employees’ spiritual values

Dina Abdelzaher, Zahir Latheef, Amir Abdelzaher

The wave of revolutions referred to as the Arab Spring has significantly impacted organizations and contributed to market turbulence. Focusing on spiritual leadership and employee…

“Who will resolve this conflict if the politicians don’t?”: Members’ of Parliament understandings of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey

Özden Melis Uluğ, J. Christopher Cohrs

Exploring the understandings of conflict held by Members of Parliament (MPs) provides a meaningful picture of a conflict in a particular society. The aim of the study is to…