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George Washington University Law School

2013

Negotiation

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The Use Of Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques To Resolve Public Sector Bargaining Disputes, Charles B. Craver Jan 2013

The Use Of Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques To Resolve Public Sector Bargaining Disputes, Charles B. Craver

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Labor organizations and employers have used various dispute resolution techniques to assist them with contract negotiations and contractual grievances. They have used negotiation, mediation, and arbitration since the 1800s. When the ADR movement was developed for conventional legal disputes, many of the techniques adopted were derived from the industrial relations movement. As states enacted public sector bargaining laws granting representational rights to state and local government employees, the parties had to determine how to resolve controversies over the terms to be included in new contracts and over grievances arising under existing accords. Most states refused to allow government personnel to …


Emotional Intelligence And Negotiation Performance, Charles B. Craver Jan 2013

Emotional Intelligence And Negotiation Performance, Charles B. Craver

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When individuals negotiate, they employ many personal and intellectual skills. Over the many years I have taught Negotiation courses, I have sought to determine the factors that influence bargaining outcomes. I have found no statistically significant differences based upon the gender or race of the participants, and no correlation with student GPAs. Since Daniel Goleman suggests that if something is not due to IQ it must be based upon EQ, or emotional intelligence, I decided to determine whether there is any correlation between my student perofmance on negotiation exercises and their individual emotional intelligence scores. I had the exceptional assistance …