Simultaneous inter- and intra-group conflicts

Simultaneous inter- and intra-group conflicts

This paper models the trade-off between production and appropriation in the presence of simultaneous interand intra-group conflicts. The model exhibits a ‘group cohesion effect ’: if the contest between the groups becomes more decisive, or contractual incompleteness between groups becomes more serious, the players devote fewer resources to the intra-group conflict. Moreover, there is also a ‘re...

Inter-group conflicts experienced by Iranian nurses: A qualitative study

Introduction: Conflict among nurses has been identified as a significant issue within healthcare settings all around the world. Nurses confront with different types of interpersonal conflicts in their work. It's important to know causes and effects of conflicts in nursing units before deciding to manage them. Aim: describing the experiential aspects of nurses' inter group conflicts focused on c...

Simultaneous Events: Conflicts and Preferences

Existing methods for representing conflicting simultaneous events employ the notion of cancellations; which are used in order to stipulate that the effects of certain events cancel the effects of other, conflicting, events. However it is argued that this technique is inadequate when it comes to the representation of conflicting defeasible events. Consequently event preferences are suggested. Th...

Intra-Group Tension under Inter-group Conflict: A Generative Model using Group Social Norms and Identity

Group behavior is an important feature of conflict scenarios. Often such groups are chaotically organized, but their ideals are sociologically embedded across members such that the group has expected behavior that can represent a major threat. Therefore being able to model the evolution of groups on a generative basis, to anticipate their possible mutation, is valuable. However this is complex ...

Social Exchange and Coalition in Intra-Group Cooperation and Inter-Group Competition