An impartial, mutually acceptable third party whose goal is to help conflicted parties resolve their dispute. Mediators lack the power to coerce or bargain, but they can use facilitative power to influence disputants. (Michael Watkins and Susan Rosegrant, Breakthrough International Negotiations [Jossey-Bass, 2001], 93)
international negotiation
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integrative negotiation
Negotiations in which there is a potential for the parties’ interests to be integrated in ways that create joint value or enlarge the pie. Integrative negotiation is possible when the parties have some shared interests or opportunities to realize mutual gains through trades across multiple issues. (Michael Watkins and Susan Rosegrant, Breakthrough International Negotiations [Jossey-Bass,
arbitrator
An impartial third party with the coercive power to impose terms on the disputants. An arbitrator is not biased in favor of either party and subordinates personal preferences to some set of rules or values. Nor does a pure arbitrator have a sufficient stake in the outcome to bargain with the disputants. (Michael Watkins and
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Breakthrough International Negotiation
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The students are
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