Conflict: Philosophy and Culture

AbstractIt is becoming clearer than ever that new ideas about conflict resolution lie in interdisciplinary research. This paper will look at the importance of cross-cultural leadership in avoiding and resolving conflict on construction projects. It will also review some recent work on dealing with conflict on international projects in which the number of participants is especially large, and thus the probability of conflict increased. This paper will also look briefly at some patterns of thinking from game theory that can broaden the scope of the discussion about conflict.

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