Adaptations to the civil mediation model: Suggestions from research into the approaches to conflict resolution used in the Twin Cities' Cambodian community
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1998
Journal Title
Mediation Quarterly
ISSN
1541-1508
DOI
10.1002/crq.3890150409
Abstract
A nonprofit organization in Minnesota researched approaches to conflict used by persons within the African American, Hmong, and Cambodian communities in the Twin Cities. This article focuses on the Cambodian community. The research suggests that although discussion is used most often to resolve conflicts, withdrawal is also a frequent and culturally accepted response to conflict. In addition, the research suggests that Cambodians prefer third parties (including mediators) who are people with somewhat more stature in the community than the disputants themselves. Finally, the data suggest that Cambodians prefer that third parties intervene in an evaluative way rather than a facilitative way. The article explores how these results may argue for modifications in the selection of mediators and the mediation process itself.
First Page
345
Last Page
358
Num Pages
14
Volume Number
15
Issue Number
4
Publisher
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
Recommended Citation
Nancy A. Welsh & Debra Lewis,
Adaptations to the civil mediation model: Suggestions from research into the approaches to conflict resolution used in the Twin Cities' Cambodian community,
15
Mediation Q.
345
(1998).
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