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The Public Sector Mediation Process

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  • Thomas A. Kochan

    (New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University)

  • Todd Jick

    (New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University)

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This paper develops and tests a model of the labor mediation process using data from a sample of negotiations involving municipal governments and police and firefighter unions in the State of New York. The test of the model also incorporates an estimate of the impact of a change in the statutory impasse procedures governing these groups. The model examines the impact of (1) alternative sources of impasse, (2) situational characteristics, (3) strategies of the mediators, and (4) personal characteristics of the mediators on the probability of settlement, percentage of issues resolved in mediation, movement or compromising behavior, and the tendency to hold back concessions in mediation. The results indicate that the change in the impasse procedure had a marginal affect on the probability of settlement in the small to medium cities in the sample but little or no effect on the larger cities. Furthermore, a number of other measures of the sources of impasse and mediator strategies and characteristics had a stronger impact on the effectiveness of the mediation process than the nature of the impasse procedure.

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  • Thomas A. Kochan & Todd Jick, 1978. "The Public Sector Mediation Process," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 22(2), pages 209-240, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:22:y:1978:i:2:p:209-240
    DOI: 10.1177/002200277802200202
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    1. J. A. Wall & Suzanne Chan-Serafin & Timothy Dunne, 2012. "Mediator Pressing Techniques: A Theoretical Model of their Determinants," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 21(5), pages 601-619, September.
    2. Vairam Arunachalam & William Dilla & Marjorie Shelley & Chris Chan, 1998. "Market Alternatives, Third Party Intervention, and Third Party Informedness in Negotiation," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 81-107, March.

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