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Interface Analysis and the Management of Unequal Conflict

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Conflict Management and Industrial Relations

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Unequal conflict refers to struggles that pit unequally powerful parties against each other. The combination of conflicting interests and power differences often have peculiarly problematic consequences, whether the parties involved are individuals (e.g., Mulder, 1976), groups (e.g., Brown, 1978), or nations (e.g., Frank, 1979). This paper seeks to illuminate the forces involved in unequal conflict and to suggest some approaches for its constructive management or resolution.

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  1. Nijenrode, The Netherlands School of Business, The Netherlands

    Gerard B. J. Bomers

  2. University of Washington, USA

    Richard B. Peterson

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Brown, L.D. (1982). Interface Analysis and the Management of Unequal Conflict. In: Bomers, G.B.J., Peterson, R.B. (eds) Conflict Management and Industrial Relations. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1132-6_3

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