This paper presents a study that explores the use of mediation in virtual environments (VEs) used for cultural storytelling. A VE was created in which a traditional San story was told. Two forms of mediation were used: visual mediation and audio mediation. Four versions of the VE were implemented, differentiated by the type and amount of mediation included. 77 subjects were tested, each experie...

OBJECTIVE The concepts and associated analyses of mediation and moderation are important to the field of psychology. Although pediatric psychologists frequently incorporate mediation and moderation in their theories and empirical research, on few occasions have we integrated mediation and moderation. In this article, conceptual reasons for integrating mediation and moderation are offered. MET...

A significant public policy trend is the increased use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures, such as mediation and arbitration, in a variety of settings. Mediation is the most utilized, yet least analyzed, of these procedures. This article proposes a general equilibrium framework to analyze mediation. Mediators function as Walrasian auctioneers by altering tradeoff among bargainin...

The notion of neutrality has long been criticised in the mediation literature. It is often said that mediator neutrality is a myth that hides the reality of the impact of the mediator on both the content and the process of mediation. Despite these criticisms neutrality continues to be seen as central to mediation theory and to the acceptance of mediation as a legitimate, fair and just process. ...

This paper will review literature on Western mediation to determine whether power balance is an issue that is considered in the theoretical literature on this subject. The impact of power imbalance on the mediation process will be discussed. Attention will also be given to the role of mediators and participants in wielding influence over the power dynamic in mediation. The premise that there ar...

in today’s leading organizations, employees’ empowerment is considered as a significant issue in human resource management cycle and it has become a central theme of management functions and practices. the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between empowerment of staffs and organizational commitment with organizational health mediation. the results showed that there is a relati...

Most law school mediation courses teach a set of problem-solving skills that are seen as useful in lawyering and that are also taught in other lawyering skills courses. By contrast, some mediation courses present a relatively new approach called “transformative mediation” and teach a different set of skills focused primarily on “interactional support” rather than on problem solving. This Articl...

Research on mediation has shown that mediation can be an effective conflict management tool to contain intrastate conflicts, prevent escalation of low intensity conflicts, and foster de-escalation. But can ripe moments for conflict prevention effectively be anticipated? This article argues that the short-term conflict history provides a good predictor of the probability of mediation onset in lo...

INTRODUCTION Information mediation is a research area that deals with integrating information from different, usually heterogeneous, information sources, including regular databases, XML source, record files, email systems, etc. The software that handles or masks data heterogeneity from end users is called a mediator. ABSTRACT Information mediation is one of the major approaches to solve intero...

(2011) "Knowledge processes, knowledge-intensity and innovation: a moderated mediation analysis", Journal of Knowledge Management, Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine innovation from a knowledge-based view by exploring the effect of knowledge processes and knowledge intensity on innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – First, a theoretical model of the connections bet...