International and Regional Perspectives on Cross-Cultural Mediation

The Editors: Dominic Busch is Junior Professor in Intercultural Communication at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. Claude-Hélène Mayer is Professor of Intercultural Business Communication at the University of Applied Studies in Hamburg, Germany. Christian Martin Boness is Teacher and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education at the University of Göttingen, Germany.

Contents: Dominic Busch: Preface - Dominic Busch/Claude-Hélène Mayer/Christian Martin Boness: Introduction: International and Regional Perspectives on Cross-Cultural Mediation - Dominic Busch: How Does Culture Affect Conflict Mediation? Disentangling Concepts from Theory and Practice - Claude-Hélène Mayer/Christian Martin Boness/Samuel Togolai Kussaga: Usuluhishi. Terms and Concepts of Intercultural Mediation and Conflict Management from Tanzanian Perspectives - Stella Ting-Toomey: Intercultural Mediation: Asian and Western Conflict Lens - Claudio Baraldi: Is Cross-Cultural Mediation a Technique? Theoretical/Methodological Frameworks and Empirical Evidence from Interaction - Mark Davidheiser: Human Social Behavior, Cultural Perspectives, and Conflict Mediation: A Multi-Variate Analysis of Gambian Dispute Processing - Michelle LeBaron/Nadja Alexander: Exporting Mediation Through Role Plays: Intercultural Considerations in Knowledge Transfer - Claude-Hélène Mayer: Cross-Cultural Business Mediation. The Model of Identity-based Managerial Mediation in International Management - Federico Farini/Viola Barbieri: Mediated Doctor-Patient Interaction. An Italian Case Study - Angela Mickley: National Unity and Cultural Diversity in Conflict Resolution: Capacity Building for Sustainable Peace and Reconciliation in Namibia.