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Abstract
In this piece, I contrast success and failure in creative conflict engagement as related continua on a scale of relevance. Not always is success a good thing (for example, if goals are pedestrian or wildly unrealistic) nor is failure a bad thing (if we or the parties gain useful insights from it). Indeed, I suggest that the very effort to wrestle with these concepts is in itself a reflexive value and practice that will help our field become more robust and interesting. Moreover, I suggest by being reflexive about such questions, we will be developing a new petite theory-in-use (as opposed to a more ambitious and unrealistic grand theory) for our field.
International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution |
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Article | Reflexivity and the State of Success and Failure in Our Field |
Keywords | reflexive, conflict engagement, success, failure, learning |
Authors | Jay Rothman |
DOI | 10.5553/IJCER/221199652014002001005 |
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