CONFLICT MANAGEMENT The Psychology of conflict and conflict ...

Contributors
Catherine E. Amiot is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Université
du Québec à Montréal. Her research focuses on intergroup dynamics,
social identity change, and the motivations underlying social identification.
She has published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal
of Management, British Journal of Social Psychology, and European Journal of
Social Psychology.
Julian Barling is Queen’s Research Chair and Associate Dean (Ph.D.,
M.Sc., and Research programs) in the Queen’s School of Business. Dr.
Barling is the author/editor of several books, including most recently the
Handbook of Work Stress (with Kevin Kelloway and Mike Frone, 2005) and
the Handbook of Workplace Violence (with Kevin Kelloway and Joe Hurrell,
2006). He is currently editing the Handbook of Organizational Behavior, with
Cary Cooper. Dr. Barling was the editor of the American Psychological
Association’s Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and serves on the
editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership and Organizational
Development Journal, and Stress Medicine. In 2001, Dr. Barling
received the National Post’s Leaders in Business Education Award, and in
2002, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Bianca Beersma is Assistant Professor in the Department of Work and
Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Her research focuses on the effects of social and epistemic motivation
on conflict, negotiation, and team processes and performance. She
also studies the effects of personality and culture on conflict management.
Her work has been published in Academy of Management Journal,
the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology,
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Social Justice Research,
and International Journal of Conflict Management.
Lehman Benson III is The McCoy/Rogers Fellow of Management and
Associate Professor at the University of Arizona and is currently a visiting
professor at Duke University. His ongoing research examines the effect
of stress, time constraints, and feedback on judgment and decision making.
Professor Benson has published numerous articles and book chapters in
many journals such as Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Pro-
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