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Long distance managerial intervention in overseas conflicts: helping missionaries reframe conflict along multiple dimensions
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Abstract Effective ways of conflict management must be found for missionaries when no trusted mediator in the region is available. Home office management or leaders in other regions can intervene through context rich media, such as the telephone and video conferencing, to provide help. Intervention through ... view more
Effective ways of conflict management must be found for missionaries when no trusted mediator in the region is available. Home office management or leaders in other regions can intervene through context rich media, such as the telephone and video conferencing, to provide help. Intervention through context poor media, such as email, is much less likely to succeed. Effective managerial intervention involving interaction with each party can lead to reframing the conflict into an opportunity to cooperate and find mutually beneficial solutions. The manager can present information, ask questions, and help the parties see that resolution is possible by addressing key issues such as the relative importance of the consequences, the potential win-win nature of the solution, each party’s sense of victimization, and the certainty of continued interaction in the relationship.... view less
Keywords
conflict management; missionary; mediation; intervention; missionary work
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 281-293
Journal
Missiology, 38 (2010) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/009182961003800304
ISSN
2051-3623
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed