Towards Factors Contributing to Integrative Conflict Resolution: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.

The purpose of this paper is to articulate a framework that depicts factors contributing to integrative conflict resolution. The integrative strategy and third-party mediation receive special attention in this paper because these two strategies shed light on breeding cooperation and resolving conflict. The following factors inherent in conflict are investigated as an analytical framework: the source ad nature of conflict, the level of conflict and participants involved, power and resource, the role of time and relation continuity, and cost and consequence. Moreover, the perspective of cross-cultural psychology is adopted with emphasis on individualistic and collectivistic cultural syndromes, for further understanding cultural factors contributing to conflict resolution. Essentially, the Far-eastern culture that emphasizes authority, order, harmony, loyalty and personal relationship and guanxi, in contrast to American tradition that values individualism, goal attainment, constructive conflict, and independent-self orientation, help explain the nuances and complexity of the cross-cultural conflict resolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]