Lessons from Hawaiian mediation - James A. Wall

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James A. Wall looked at dispute resolution in Polynesian countries, with a strong oral tradition instead of a written tradition.

“Applying force to an entanglement — be it a rope or relationship — appears initially to improve the problem. Yet it usually makes it worse.“

Wall, J. A., & Callister, R. R. (1995). Ho'oponopono: Some lessons from Hawaiian mediation. Negotiation Journal, 11(1), 45-54.

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