scholarly journals Third-Party Intervention and the Preservation of Bargaining Relationships

ILR Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 498-527
Author(s):  
Bradley R. Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Relationship Dissolution ◽  
Dynamic Panel ◽  
Third Party Intervention ◽  
Panel Models ◽  
Collective Agreements ◽  
Lower Likelihood ◽  
Third Party Dispute Resolution ◽  
Dynamic Panel Models

This article uses longitudinal bargaining contract data to examine whether third-party dispute resolution procedures improve the health of bargaining relationships and contribute to their preservation. The author uses survival analysis to assess whether the procedures correlate with the likelihood of relationship dissolution. This analysis shows that earlier procedures in the dispute resolution process, such as conciliation and mediation, are related to a lower likelihood of dissolution than are later ones. The author then uses dynamic panel models to consider whether third-party intervention pushes the parties to settle subsequent collective agreements voluntarily or earlier in the process, but he finds no evidence to this effect.

Using Dynamic Panel Models to Study Age–Related Differences and Time–Related Changes in Personality

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Wagner ◽  
Oliver Lüdtke ◽  
Manuel C. Voelkle
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Continuous Variables ◽  
Dynamic Panel ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Panel Models ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Approaches To Study ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Dynamic Panel Models

Along with an increasing interest in the plasticity and role of personality across the adult lifespan comes the need for a diverse set of innovative statistical approaches to study it. With this paper, we set out to illustrate some of the possibilities and challenges in modelling age–related differences and time–related changes in personality psychology by means of dynamic panel models. To this end, we first distinguish between the study of age–related differences and time–related changes and demonstrate how the treatment of age and time as either discrete or continuous variables implies important modelling choices. Second, we present a selection of four example cases that address the topic of age moderation in diverse matters and with different objectives. Based on our cross–tabulation of age and time as discrete and continuous variables, the first two example cases represent fairly well–established models (cases A and B), whereas the remaining cases are used to illustrate current developments in the field (cases C and D). We close the paper with some final remarks on current limitation and future research directions. © 2019 European Association of Personality Psychology

The Possibilities and Desirability of Mediator Neutrality - Towards an Ethic of Partiality?

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Mulcahy
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Ethical Standard ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Community Mediation ◽  
Third Party Intervention ◽  
Fair Process ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
The Ideal

This article draws on an empirical study of community mediation to question the possibility and desirability of mediator neutrality. It argues that, although the notion of neutrality is central to discussions of adjudication and mediation, debate on the topic remains intellectually flawed and empirically problematic. Emphasis on the aspirational nature of neutrality encourages us to ignore the suggestion that rather than facilitating fair process and outcome the standard of neutrality could serve to exacerbate existing inequalities between disputants. When discussed in the context of mediation the ideal becomes even more suspect as mediation promises 'alternatives' to the inadequacies of court-based adjudication. This article explores the questions raised by a group of mediators who rejected the possibility and desirability of mediation in favour of a more reflexive approach to third-party intervention in disputes. It suggests that, rather than aspiring to the empty goal of neutrality, we should be debating the possibility of partiality as an ethical standard to govern dispute resolution.

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