CONFLICT MANAGEMENT The Psychology of conflict and conflict ...

xxii CONTRIBUTORS
Elizabeth E. Umphress is an assistant professor in the Mays Business
School at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on three related
themes: organizational justice, ethical behavior, and diversity. Her work
has appeared in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal
of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, and Organizational Behavior and
Human Decision Processes. Professor Umphress also serves on the editorial
board of The Academy of Management Review.
Frank Vogelgesang is Assistant Professor in the Economic and Social
Psychology Unit at Georg-August-University Goettingen. He received
his Ph.D. from Dresden University of Technology. His research interests
center on communication and decision making in groups and on the formation
of false beliefs as a consequence of social hypothesis testing (especially
in legal contexts). As a qualified trainer, Dr. Vogelgesang transports
research findings in the fields of communication, decision making, conflict
management and resolution, and team work from lab to life. He is
author/co-author of several journal articles and chapters in edited books.
Laurie R. Weingart is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Director
of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Teams at the David A. Tepper
School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Her research focuses on conflict management in work groups and
the tactical behavior and cognitive processes of negotiators in both dyads
and groups. Her research has been published in Academy of Management
Journal, The Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology,
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social
Psychology, Cognitive Science, International Journal of Conflict Management,
and Research in Organizational Behavior, among others. She currently serves
on the editorial boards of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, The
Academy of Management Review, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision
Processes, and Group Dynamics.