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Promoting Constructive Collaborative Conflict Management Through a Game Theory Inspired Approach

Publication date: 28.03.2019

Labor et Educatio, 2018, 6 (2018), pp. 213 - 236

https://doi.org/10.4467/25439561LE.18.005.10232

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Andrzej Szklarski
Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8147-7884 Orcid
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Promoting Constructive Collaborative Conflict Management Through a Game Theory Inspired Approach

Abstract

The aim of this study is to find out whether an approach based on a game theoretical method may promote constructive collaborative conflict management among upper secondary school youth. An additional aim is to investigate how the young people involved in the study experience such an approach. It is an intervention study; the research material has been collected both before and after the intervention. The empirical material has been collected in Sweden using written reports and focus-group interviews. Both quantitative, as well as qualitative methods of analysis have been used. The results of the quantitative analysis demonstrate that the approach tried out in the study may enhance constructive collaborative conflict management. The qualitative analysis concerning the participants’ experience of using the approach show that the investigated approach is for the main part experienced as an asset but can also, in certain contexts, be seen as problematic. 

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Information: Labor et Educatio, 2018, 6 (2018), pp. 213 - 236

Article type: Original article

Titles:

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Promoting Constructive Collaborative Conflict Management Through a Game Theory Inspired Approach

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Promoting Constructive Collaborative Conflict Management Through a Game Theory Inspired Approach

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8147-7884

Andrzej Szklarski
Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8147-7884 Orcid
All publications →

Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden

Published at: 28.03.2019

Received at: 27.10.2018

Accepted at: 29.12.2018

Article status: Open

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