Helena Desivilya Syna
Biographic Data
| ID | 4437409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helena Desivilya Syna |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helena Desivilya |
| FAMILY NAME | Syna |
| SIGNATURE | SYNA H D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3481-6003 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Enigma of Intra‐Team Collaboration in the Digital Era
This study sought to expand knowledge about the contribution of team processes—conflict management patterns and leadership patterns, the choice of communication mode to deal with various conflicts, and team members' individual and collective work engagement to intra‐team collaboration in teams working in a hybrid format. The study employed a qualitative methodology based on grounded theory. Data collection comprised semi‐structured interviews wit…
Why should I be an entrepreneur? A feminist perspective on the drivers and motivations of Israeli women entrepreneurs
Purpose This paper aims to examine how the unique Israeli socio-cultural context reflects the factors that motivate women to establish their own businesses. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a qualitative approach based on grounded theory. Two rounds of individual in-depth interviews (32 interviews) were conducted 18–24 months apart with 16 women owners of newly established businesses. Findings The findings reveal women’s entrepreneur…
Negotiating distinctiveness and building resilience
The paper narrows the research gaps on women's performances enacted to ascertain their voice and influence in perplexing environments and how these attempts evolve in the particular social, political fields of local government. It shows how women use negotiation to build resilience, cope with persistent gender inequalities and exert influence in strategic management forums of local governments. The findings are based on content analysis of semist…
Conflict resolution vis‐à‐vis horrific events
The paradox of tolerance? ‘In situ’ alerts from Israel on hyper‐polarization and threatened democracy
Not Applicable
Engaging complex diversity in academic institution
This research examines how faculty members working in complex sociopolitical context cope with campus diversity. Through 20 focus groups comprised of faculty members representing all of the departments at one academic institution, we investigated the participants' experiences with student diversity. The findings show that the protracted Israeli–Palestinian conflict seeps into classroom interactions. This infiltration of the protracted conflict is…
Self-in-Field Action Research in Natural Spaces of Encounter
The goal of this paper is to examine the role of participatory action research (PAR) in improving relationships in “natural spaces of encounter” where members of conflicting groups meet and interact. It describes and analyzes a project, “the Academic Puzzle,” that fosters organization-wide change in relations between Jewish and Arab students at a College in Israel. The project consists of 16 programs, all initiatives by College faculty, administr…
Working together in the context of protracted asymmetric conflict
Role of Power Asymmetry Sensitivity in Jewish–Arab Partnerships
This article focuses on Jewish–Arab interorganizational partnership in Israel, examining how to effectively engage the differences resulting from the heterogeneity in the context of protracted national conflict. We argue and demonstrate through a case study that developing intergroup partnerships in a context of protracted national conflicts warrants consideration of the differential needs of the minority versus majority group members, namely, fo…
Disputant and Mediator Behaviors Affecting Short-Term Success in Mediation
This research examined antecedents of short-term success in mediation. Seventy-three hearings were observed at two community dispute resolution centers in New York State. Measures of short-term success were: reaching agreement, goal achievement, and immediate satisfaction with the agreement and with the conduct of the hearing. Results indicated that the likelihood of short-term success increased with disputant joint problem solving and decreased …
Mismatching the opponent's offers in negotiation
Disputant and Mediator Behaviors Affecting Short-Term Success in Mediation
This research examined antecedents of short-term success in mediation. Seventy-three hearings were observed at two community dispute resolution centers in New York State. Measures of short-term success were: reaching agreement, goal achievement, and immediate satisfaction with the agreement and with the conduct of the hearing. Results indicated that the likelihood of short-term success increased with disputant joint problem solving and decreased …
Mismatching the opponent's offers in negotiation
Working together in the context of protracted asymmetric conflict
Why should I be an entrepreneur? A feminist perspective on the drivers and motivations of Israeli women entrepreneurs
Purpose This paper aims to examine how the unique Israeli socio-cultural context reflects the factors that motivate women to establish their own businesses. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a qualitative approach based on grounded theory. Two rounds of individual in-depth interviews (32 interviews) were conducted 18–24 months apart with 16 women owners of newly established businesses. Findings The findings reveal women’s entrepreneur…
Mismatching the opponent's offers in negotiation
Disputant and Mediator Behaviors Affecting Short-Term Success in Mediation
This research examined antecedents of short-term success in mediation. Seventy-three hearings were observed at two community dispute resolution centers in New York State. Measures of short-term success were: reaching agreement, goal achievement, and immediate satisfaction with the agreement and with the conduct of the hearing. Results indicated that the likelihood of short-term success increased with disputant joint problem solving and decreased …
Role of Power Asymmetry Sensitivity in Jewish–Arab Partnerships
This article focuses on Jewish–Arab interorganizational partnership in Israel, examining how to effectively engage the differences resulting from the heterogeneity in the context of protracted national conflict. We argue and demonstrate through a case study that developing intergroup partnerships in a context of protracted national conflicts warrants consideration of the differential needs of the minority versus majority group members, namely, fo…
Working together in the context of protracted asymmetric conflict
Self-in-Field Action Research in Natural Spaces of Encounter
The goal of this paper is to examine the role of participatory action research (PAR) in improving relationships in “natural spaces of encounter” where members of conflicting groups meet and interact. It describes and analyzes a project, “the Academic Puzzle,” that fosters organization-wide change in relations between Jewish and Arab students at a College in Israel. The project consists of 16 programs, all initiatives by College faculty, administr…
Engaging complex diversity in academic institution
This research examines how faculty members working in complex sociopolitical context cope with campus diversity. Through 20 focus groups comprised of faculty members representing all of the departments at one academic institution, we investigated the participants' experiences with student diversity. The findings show that the protracted Israeli–Palestinian conflict seeps into classroom interactions. This infiltration of the protracted conflict is…
Conflict resolution vis‐à‐vis horrific events
The paradox of tolerance? ‘In situ’ alerts from Israel on hyper‐polarization and threatened democracy
Not Applicable
Negotiating distinctiveness and building resilience
The paper narrows the research gaps on women's performances enacted to ascertain their voice and influence in perplexing environments and how these attempts evolve in the particular social, political fields of local government. It shows how women use negotiation to build resilience, cope with persistent gender inequalities and exert influence in strategic management forums of local governments. The findings are based on content analysis of semist…
The Enigma of Intra‐Team Collaboration in the Digital Era
This study sought to expand knowledge about the contribution of team processes—conflict management patterns and leadership patterns, the choice of communication mode to deal with various conflicts, and team members' individual and collective work engagement to intra‐team collaboration in teams working in a hybrid format. The study employed a qualitative methodology based on grounded theory. Data collection comprised semi‐structured interviews wit…
Why should I be an entrepreneur? A feminist perspective on the drivers and motivations of Israeli women entrepreneurs
Purpose This paper aims to examine how the unique Israeli socio-cultural context reflects the factors that motivate women to establish their own businesses. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a qualitative approach based on grounded theory. Two rounds of individual in-depth interviews (32 interviews) were conducted 18–24 months apart with 16 women owners of newly established businesses. Findings The findings reveal women’s entrepreneur…
Political science (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Conflict Management and Negotiation (4 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Geography (3 works)