Social Research and the Study of Mediation

Designing and Implementing Systematic Archival Research

Bibliographic Data

ID12618403
AuthorsJacob Bercovitch (corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume9
Issue3
Pages415-428
Publication date2004-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Negotiation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1382-340X • E-ISSN: 1571-8069
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/1571806053498751
OpenAlexW1980865024
LanguageEN
Citations received7

As the study of negotiation and mediation has grown rapidly over the last three decades, so have the number of approaches to it. Behavioral scientists of all persuasions bring their ideas and methods to bear on the study of mediation. This paper identifies some of the more significant of these approaches, and argues that many of them are predicated on erroneous, even unrealistic, assumptions. It argues that the best way to conduct research on mediation is to study such behavior in the real, not the simulated, world, and choose data that is directly generated by parties or mediators in conflict. The paper argues for a systematic archival research, and presents the broad outlines of such an approach can be organized and conducted. The findings presented suggest the importance and relevance of this method of research into mediation

Epistemology · International relations · Management science · Mediation · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Relevance (law · Social research · Social science · Sociology · Conflict Management and Negotiation · Engineering · Law

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