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Preferowane podejścia do rozwiązywania konfliktów wśród polskich i amerykańskich studentów prawa, w kontekście systemu kształcenia
Preferable conflict resolution approaches among the Polish and American law students in the context of legal education

Author(s): Anna Cybulko, Ewa Gmurzyńska, Aleksandra Winiarska
Subject(s): Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Approach to conflict resolution; dispute; conflict; Thomas-Kilmann test; law students; podejście do rozwiązywania konfliktów; spór; konflikt; test Thomasa-Kilmanna; studenci prawa

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to initially identify conflict resolution strategies among law students of the University of Warsaw, as well as to compare their approach to conflict resolution to similar research done among US law students. In this study Thomas-Kilmann Test was used as a tool for analyzing the preferred conflict resolution approaches. The test was developed in the US but also used in other parts of the world. The results of test among the Polish students obtained during the study were compared with available data of US students. The study was conducted to verify the approach to conflict resolution for those who start legal profession carrier. The researchers were also interested in the question whether the attitude to the conflict changed during the legal education.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 78
  • Page Range: 79-101
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish