Thesis (M.A.)--Villanova University, 2006. / Political Science Dept. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Baylor University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-141).

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This research was undertaken because there is a high level of conflict among school teachers. The seriousness of the conflict is that it has a negative effect when it is not handled constructively. If it is not prevented as early as possible. it can be escalated and become destructive. The researcher was further prompted by the fact that e en though much research has been done among schoolteachers in schools, little has been done to prevent the unnecessary conflict. As a result of the high level of conflict incidents that arc currently prevalent amongst school teacher in Moses Kotane East, the researcher felt that there is a need for a great deal of rest.:arch on how to handle conflict among school teachers. There sixty-five (65) schools in Moses Kotane East, fourteen ( 14) high schools, eight combined schools (8) and forty three (43) primary schools. There is one thousand. four hundred and fifty) ( 1450) teacher. including principals, deputies and head of departments. The researcher employed simple random sampling because every member of the population will have equal and independent chance of being included in the sample. Sixteen ( 16) schools were sampled, seven (7) primary schools, four (4) combined schools and five (5} secondary schools. From each selected secondary school eleven (I I) respondents comprising educators, site managers, heads of department or deputy and from each primary school ten (I0) respondents were selected consisting of teachers, site managers, heads of departments or deputy and from each of the three (3) selected combined schools eight (8) respondents comprising site managers, heads of departments or deputy were sampled. From another combined school seven (7) respondents consisting of site manager, head of department and teachers were also sample. The total number f respondents was one hundred and fifty six (156). The study was guided by the following research questions: what is the effective and relevant model for handling conflict among school teachers? What are the types of conflict that occur among teachers of Moses Kotane East? What arc the consequences of these conflicts? What are the strategies for resolving conflicts? What is the role of the site manager in conflict management? What arc the guidelines for handling conflict among teachers in schools? The purpose of this study was to determine how to handle conflict among teachers in schools. The aim of this study was also to assess and discuss the effective model for handling conflict among school teachers in Moses Kotane East. Based on research findings, the aim was to present guidelines or strategies for minimizing exaggerated focus of conflict among school teachers. The study was quantitative in nature and data was collected through literature review and questionnaire. Minitab Statistical Package, version fourteen ( 14) was used to capture and analyse the data. The following findings emerged from the data analysis: • That unlimited resources are the major causes of conflict. • When conflic t is handled constructively, it promotes growth and problem solving. • A Code of conduct for teachers and other additional rules should be drawn for the teacher. • Good mediation by the school manager can keep the conflict at the minimal level. Based on the findings it is recommended that teachers should know the different strategies for handling conflict. They should know how and when to use those strategies. The efTective model for handling conflict among school teachers is therefore very important. A model suggested in this study is a dynamic multidimensional model for conflict resolution because the phenomenon dealt is by nature multi-faceted. / Thesis (M. Ed) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2012

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy: Public Management (Peacebuilding), Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016. / Conflicts in Zimbabwe have triggered communities to be divided along political party lines. Violence has been prevalent and this has intensified economic ruin and social polarity. In high density urban areas this violence continues to divide communities. The overall aim of this research study was to facilitate reconciliation in divided communities in Mashonaland province, Zimbabwe with the Alternative for Violence Project (AVP), an international non-profit organisation that provides experiential training to individuals and organisations in nonviolence and pre-emptive conflict resolution. The objectives of the study were to explore the underlying causes of violence in Zimbabwe, its consequences and impact since 2000, and also to explain the concepts of conflict transformation, forgiveness and reconciliation as used by AVP. In addition, the study explored AVP’s outcomes in different contexts and examined its potential as an instrument for reconciliation by implementing several AVP workshops in the divided communities. Hatcliffe, a high density area outside Harare, was used as a sample population for the study which drew from Lederach’s theory of conflict transformation and from Azar‘s model of protracted social conflicts. The researcher used a qualitative approach in the field research and interviewed both the victims and perpetrators of violence as well as elected leaders in the Hatcliffe community. The main findings of the study were that reconciliation efforts are best begun with an orientation towards peace-building for community residents and local ownership of all reconciliation processes. All community members directly or indirectly involved in a conflict situation are critical to reconciliation efforts and third parties must ensure that these people are empowered to make their own decisions. The study concluded that AVP is an effective tool which can be used to change people’s perspectives about conflict and that creating safe spaces where people can articulate their issues in a relaxed atmosphere can be deeply healing. Because the findings are not disconfirmed by prior theories and research based on similar efforts, but rather add to knowledge already gained, one can assume that there also is a degree of external validity to the study. / D

eXfiltration Advanced Persistent Threats (XAPTs) increasingly account for incidents concerned with critical information exfiltration from High Valued Targets (HVT's) by terrorists, cyber criminals or enemy states. Existing Cyber Defence frameworks and data fusion models do not adequately address (i) the multi-stage nature of XAPTs and (ii) the uncertainty and conflicting information associated with XAPTs. A new data fusion theory, called the Markov Multi-phase Transferable Belief Model (MM-TBM) is developed, for tracking and predicting XAPTs. MM-TBM expands the attack kill-chain model to attack trees and introduces a novel approach for combining various sources of cyber evidence, which takes into account the multi-phased nature of XAPTs and the characteristics of the cyberspace. As a data fusion theory, MM-TBM constitutes a novel approach for performing hypothesis assessment and evidence combination across phases, by means of a new combination rule, called the Multi-phase Combination Rule with conflict Reset (MCR2). This is the first combination rule in the field of data fusion that formalises a new method for combining evidence from multiple, causally connected hypotheses spaces and eliminating the bias from preceding phases of the kill-chain. Moreover, this is the first time a data fusion theory utilises the conflict mass m(Ø) for identifying paradoxes. In addition, a diagnostic formula for managing missing pieces of evidence within attack trees is presented. MM-TBM is designed, developed and evaluated using a Design Science Research approach within two iterations. Evaluation is conducted in a relevant computer network environment using scenario-based testing. The experimental design has been reviewed and approved by Cyber Security Subject Matter Experts from MoD’s Defence Science Technology Laboratory and Airbus Group. The experimental results validate the novel capabilities introduced by the new MM-TBM theory to Cyber Defence in the presence of information clutter, conflict and congestion. Furthermore, the results underpin the importance of selecting an optimal sampling policy to effectively track and predict XAPTs. This PhD bridges the gaps in the body of knowledge concerned with multi-phase fusion under uncertainty and Cyber SA against XAPTs. MM-TBM is a novel mathematical fusion theory for managing applications that existing fusion models do not address. This research has demonstrated MM-TBM enables the successful Tracking and Prediction of XAPTs to deliver an enhanced Cyber SA capability.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / This thesis examines the factors that are more likely to lead to peacemaking military intervention by a sub-regional hegemon in Africa. It seeks to answer the question of what motivates the sub-regional hegemons to undertake peacemaking military intervention in Africa. It argues that the emerging model of African peacemaking military intervention depends on a sub-regional hegemon's decision to intervene because of its ability to provide necessary resources needed for such operation. Hence, the sub-regional hegemon will conduct peacemaking military intervention when, where and if it suits its interest. The conclusion reached by this thesis is that self-regarding peacemaking intervention by sub-regional hegemon is effective in resolving conflicts in Africa. / Lieutenant, South African Navy

Conflict resolution education tends to emphasize the analysis of conflict dynamics, and skills for communication and problem-solving. The role of emotions, and practical strategies for one’s own emotional self-management have received less attention. Emotional dysregulation in conflict may interfere with the use of learned conflict resolution skills, thus reducing transfer of learning. The study explored the possible influence of mindfulness practice on emotional self-management, and subsequent transfer of learning in interpersonal conflict. This modified qualitative case study involved 15 adult undergraduate students in the researcher’s class on “Managing Conflict.” Mindfulness practice was included in every class, and subjects kept a journal on their frequency of out-of-class practice. Subjects were interviewed before the start of the class on their ways of handling conflict, and were asked to describe a recent conflict they had been involved in. A post-class interview asked the same questions, as well as exploring subjects’ experience of mindfulness. Findings revealed that for this group of subjects, frequency of mindfulness practice had little influence on emotional self-management or transfer of learning. However, subjects’ stance toward mindfulness, a qualitative descriptor, appeared to positively influence both emotional self-management and transfer of learning. Stance toward mindfulness was described as focusing on either self-soothing or self-awareness. Subjects reporting a self-awareness stance were more likely to report managing their emotions in conflict, regardless of whether their dominant emotion in a conflict was anger or fear. They were also more likely to report transfer of learning (specifically, the ability to identify causes of conflict and the other party’s needs, to use receptive communication skills, and to incorporate mindful awareness in the negotiation process). Self-awareness appeared to be a foundational capacity that supported emotional self-management and transfer of learning for this group of subjects. Possible implications for the field of conflict resolution, and directions for future research, are discussed.

Thesis (MTech (Business Administration in Project Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. / The single most critical factor responsible for the success of any project is the human element as this is the point at which projects succeed. Senior technically qualified managers have recorded high failure rates in areas where they have hard skills relevant to the industry. The levels of technical expertise and technology should have facilitated the project execution process and increased the success rate of project management. Contrary to this, the IT industry for instance, has recorded an average 47% failure rates regardless of the fact that IT specialists manage them. Project management has been defined as a unique undertaking limited by time, quality and budget within a prescribed scope. Depending on the type of the project, there is a need for different expertise to operate in the different stages in the life cycle of the project as well as the elements or WBSs of the project. Where people are involved there is bound to be conflicts, and these conflicts need to be managed. Because of the nature of project management, specialists who together comprise of the project team head WBSs. This team originates from different sources, and in the matrix system is comprised of people seconded to the project but whose loyalty remains with their departments. Such teams are therefore comprised of people who may not share the same culture or work ethics, together with the differences in approaching their duties. It becomes the responsibility of the project leader therefore to enable these “secondments” to be satisfied in their new positions so that they can be productive. This research sought out to identify generic requirements to satisfy a team and get the best out of the team.

職場排斥指的是工作場合中未能促進人際關係好發展的為，如忽和排擠他人，並會對個體的情感、認知、和為各方面都產生負面的影響。本文提出一個新的研究模型探讨性别、自我建構、任務依賴性和職場排斥及其後果之間的關係。首先，本文提出關係式的自我建構會減少個體被排斥的機會，但是獨型的自我建構則會增加被排斥的可能性。其次，基於性別角色的一致性理論，本文提出在女性群體中，兩種自我建構與職場排斥的關係都會增強。对于排斥在工作场合中的影响，本文提出職場排斥會減少工作場合中的幫助為，並会增强個體的職傾向。除此之外，任務依賴性可以調節職場排斥對幫助為和職傾向的影響。本研究在中國大收集調查問卷，用SPSS 分析資，並通過回歸分析進假設檢驗。数据分析的結果支援本文的大部分假設：首先，性别和關係的自我構建与職場排斥之間存在顯著的相關；其次，任務依賴性可以抵消排斥與幫助為的負相關，但會增強排斥與職傾向的正相關。 / Workplace ostracism is defined as the omission of promotional interaction behaviors in workplace, which results in some detrimental effects on individuals’ emotion, cognition and behavior. This thesis proposes a model to examine the relationships among self-construal, gender, task interdependence, workplace ostracism and its outcomes. Specifically, I suggest that relational self-construal can reduce an individual’s ostracism experience but independent self-construal leads to more of such experience. Furthermore, based on the theory of gender role congruity, I propose that the linkage between selfconstrual and ostracism experience is stronger for women. I also suggest that workplace ostracism may lead to decrease in helping behavior and stronger turnover intentions for employees. Additionally, task interdependence, a jobrelated characteristic, is expected to moderate the above relationships. I collected the data via a survey in China and used SPSS to analyze the data. The hierarchical regression results support most of the hypotheses. Gender and relational self-construal are significant factors affecting workplace ostracism, and task interdependence moderates the relationships between ostracism and its outcomes. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Ji, Mingshuang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-103). / Abstracts also in Chinese; appendix 2 in Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Background --- p.1 / Objectives of the Study --- p.5 / Significance of the Study --- p.6 / Organization of the Thesis --- p.8 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.9 / Ostracism --- p.9 / Self-construal and gender --- p.18 / Social Exchange Theory --- p.23 / Summary of this Chapter --- p.25 / Chapter III. --- IHYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT --- p.26 / Effects of self-construal --- p.29 / Moderating effect of Gender --- p.33 / Outcomes of ostracism in workplace --- p.38 / Moderating Effect of Task Interdependence --- p.42 / Chapter IV. --- DATA AND METHOD --- p.50 / Data Collection --- p.50 / Measures --- p.53 / Analytical Strategy --- p.57 / Chapter V. --- RESULTS --- p.59 / Descriptive Statistics --- p.59 / Factor Analysis --- p.62 / Regression Analyses --- p.62 / Chapter VI. --- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION --- p.73 / Summary of Findings --- p.73 / Contributions --- p.76 / Limitations --- p.79 / REFERENCES --- p.83