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Talking Points : February 28, 2014

AHSS Talking Points Newsletter

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Multiculturalism And Feminism For Hispanic Immigrant Women Accused Of Drug Crimes, Kathryn Duque Lenhart

BYU Law Review

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U-54 Building Infrastructure Leading To Diversity (Build) National Institutes Of Health: Enhancing Cross-Disciplinary Infrastructure Training At Oregon, Carlos J. Crespo

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation focuses on the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative (U54) that was awarded to Portland State University.

What Lies Beneath: Interpretive Methodology, Constitutional Authority, And The Case Of Originalism, Christopher J. Peters

BYU Law Review

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Evaluating Conflict Between Employees: Exploring The Costs To An Organization, David Cross Ph.D., Scott W.M. Burrus Ph.D., Melanie Shaw Ph.D.

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

Conflicts between employees result in decreased job satisfaction, negative relationships within the organization, and a loss of employee commitment to both the organization and the specific job performed. Workplace conflicts have high costs to businesses. In aviation, the results of conflict can be deadly. The Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) is designed to help people learn practical strategies to mitigate conflict. A sample of 228 people from the aviation industry completed a pre-training survey, participated in scenario-based SDI training, and then completed a post-training survey regarding the effectiveness of the SDI to help them manage conflict. Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance …

Class Notes, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

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Representasi Budaya Dalam Mitos Amungme, Aleda Mawene

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The study aims to describe the type, meaning, function, and strategy of the mythology of Amungme, an ethnic group in Papua. The study is based on an assumption that the underlying concept of the Amungme mythology is the source of its conflict. The research design was based on the hermeneutics model of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, and Ricoeur. The study used quotations from the tales of the Amungme's myth, attitudes of the Amungme people, statements from the resource persons of the Waa Valley, and some written documents as the sources of data. Hermeneutical circle model was used to analyze the data. The …

Resumés En Français, Sociological Practice Editors

Sociological Practice

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Conflict Processing Resources, Sociological Practice Editors

Sociological Practice

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Move/Philadelphia Bombing: A Conflict Resolution History, Paul Wahrhaftig, Hizkias Assefa

Sociological Practice

In 1985 police bombed the Philadelphia headquarters occupied by members of the black counterculture group MOVE. What began 15 years earlier as a neighborhood squabble provoked by conflicting lifestyles ended in the destruction of sixty-one homes and the death of eleven residents—five of them children. Some 250 people were left homeless. The authors examine the dynamics of the conflict, analyzing attempts at third-party mediation and the possibility of resolution without violence. Interventions raised ethical issues, and there were failures to define and involve appropriate parties, break down mutual misperceptions, oversee implementation of an agreement, and understand the decision-making structure of …

Mediating Political And Social Conflicts: The Skokie-Nazi Dispute, Richard A. Salem

Sociological Practice

In 1978, a mediation team from the Community Relations Service [CRS] of the United States Department of Justice attempted to mediate the dispute between residents of Skokie, the predominantly Jewish suburb of Chicago and the Nazi party members of the National Socialists Party of America. This dispute involved a number of issues of legal and legislative significance. After a series of complicated negotiations, the Nazis canceled the Skokie demonstration.

Research And Policy Implications, Louis Kriesberg

Sociological Practice

This article focuses on intractable conflicts and how they are transformed. Specific attention is given to the kinds of questions raised by research on such conflicts as well as the policy implications of selected research efforts.

Getting To The Table: Creating The Forum For Negotiations In Deep-Rooted Conflicts, James H. Laue

Sociological Practice

The first step in the conflict resolution process is establishing a forum in which cooperative negotiation can occur among the parties. Three aspects of this "getting to the table" process are analyzed: functional requirements for the table or setting, methods of getting the parties there, and value choices about the nature of the table and the process there.

Section: Handling Deep-Rooted And Protracted Conflict, Sociological Practice Editors, Louis Kriesberg, James H. Laue, Richard A. Salem, Paul Wahrhaftig, Hizkias Assefa

Sociological Practice

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Consumer Complaints And Public Policy: Validating The "Tip-Of-The-Iceberg" Theory, Drew Hyman, John Shingler, Mitchell Miller

Sociological Practice

This article examines data from a statewide study to test whether organizational aberration theory or systemic pattern theory is supported by data on complaining. The article concludes that citizen and consumer complaints can serve both as early-warning and fail-safe functions leading to increased accountability and safer, more effective, high quality processes, products, and services.

Power Imbalance Within The Setting Of Special Education Mediation: A View Toward Structural And Organizational Factors Influencing Outcome, Jennifer Adams Mastrofski

Sociological Practice

Research on mediation as a means of dispute resolution has alluded to potential injustices that may emerge from the process when conflict occurs between persons of unequal status. An example of such inequity would be when one parly in the dispute is an individual who is somehow dependent on the second party (who may represent an organization or institution).

In a recent evaluation of special education mediation services, structural and organizational factors were identified that could influence the impact of power imbalance between disputants (parents and school personnel) independent of the mediation session itself. This paper examines these factors and …

Workplace Dispute Resolution And Gender Inequality, Patricia A. Gwartney-Gibbs, Denise H. Lach

Sociological Practice

Despite substantial bodies of research on employment differentials between women and men and on conflict in the workplace, little prior research links the two. This article summarizes preliminary results of a study which attempts to fill this knowledge gap. We conceive of workplace disputes as having origins, processes, and outcomes. We theorize that these three components are patterned by sex roles, sex segregation of jobs, and work structures (unions, firms, industries). Our findings indicate that workplace jurisprudence operates differentially for women and men employees, as hypothesized. The results suggest linkages to other aspects of employment inequality and provide a theoretical …

In The Shadow Of Best Interest: Negotiating The Facts, Interests, And Interventions In Child Abuse Cases, Gene Kassebaum, David B. Chandler

Sociological Practice

Most cases of child abuse and neglect are not as extreme or clear-cut as those reported in the media. In routine cases the perpetrator is usually a family member, the evidence of injury is ambiguous and the identity of the perpetrator is uncertain. Prosecution, removal of the child, and therapy for the family are sometimes contradictory mandates which courts and social service agencies must balance.

Norm centered negotiation is the decision making process found in this study of child protective work. Child protection workers sometimes negotiate with families in their decisions to confirm abuse, representatives of different agencies negotiate with …

Spousal Violence And Outcome In Custody And Visitation Mediation, Richard D. Mathis, Flo Whinery

Sociological Practice

To examine whether custody and visitation mediation is appropriate in cases with a history of spousal violence, the outcomes of 49 self-reported violent couples were compared to those of 29 never-violent couples in court-ordered mediation. Outcomes were not adversely affected significantly except in chronic cases where incidents had occurred both during the marriage and after separation (p - .011). This report calls for standardized screening to identify chronically violent spouses as well as for modified approaches to treatment of such cases.

Resistance To Mediation: Understanding And Handling It, Maria R. Volpe, Charles Bahn

Sociological Practice

One of the major challenges confronting mediators is the resistance to their intervention efforts by disputants. This article examines some of the explanations for resistance to the mediation process as well as suggested ways of coping with resistant disuptants.

Section: Dispute Resolution Processes: Practice And Research Efforts, Sociological Practice Editors, Maria R. Volpe, Charles Bahn, Richard D. Mathis, Flo Whinery, Gene Kassebaum, David B. Chandler, Jennifer Adams Mastrofski, Patricia A. Gwartney-Gibbs, Denise H. Lach, Drew Hyman, John Shingler, Mitchell Miller

Sociological Practice

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Sociologists And The Processing Of Conflicts, Maria R. Volpe, Peter R. Maida

Sociological Practice

Sociologists bring a unique perspective to the study of the processing of conflicts. They may be experts in substantive areas in which alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques are used as well as experts in process such as getting the parties to the table and keeping them there to discuss the issues. Sociologists are also trained to observe social interactions and remain neutral in their analyses of what they observe. The authors discuss the contributions that sociologists can make in the study of ADR, including theoretical, research, and critical works on conflict resolution process.

About The Authors, Sociological Practice Editors

Sociological Practice

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Editors' Preface, Sociological Practice Editors

Sociological Practice

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Workplace Learning And The Applicability Of Cognitive Apprenticeship Model In Internal Medicine Ward Rounds, Dr Muhammad Tariq

AKU Symposium

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Role Of Health Care Providers In Preventing Obesity, Dr Abdul Jabbar

AKU Symposium

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Library Impact Statement For Com 512 Research Training, Margaret J. Keefe

Library Impact Statements

This Library Impact Statement was submitted in response to a new course proposal for COM 512 Research Training. This proposal is supported with no need for additional library resources needed.

Sr-13-14-66 Apc, Marshall University

Recommendations

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Sr-13-14-62 Apc, Marshall University

Recommendations

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Student Panel Imagining International Justice, April 3, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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