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Disentangling approaches to framing in conflict and negotiation research: A meta-paradigmatic perspective

Public Administration and Policy Group at Wageningen University, art.dewulf{at}wur.nl

Barbara Gray

Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation, at The Pennsylvania State University, b9g{at}psu.edu

Linda Putnam

Department of Communication at the University of California-Santa Barbara, lputnam{at}comm.ucsb.edu

Roy Lewicki

Management and Human Resources at the Fisher College of Business, lewicki_1{at}cob.osu.edu

Noelle Aarts

Communication Science at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, noelle.aarts{at}wur.nl

Rene Bouwen

Organizational Psychology and Group Dynamics at the University of Leuven, rene.bouwen{at}psy.kuleuven.be

Cees van Woerkum

Group Communication and Innovation Studies of Wageningen University, cees.vanwoerkum{at}wur.nl

Divergent theoretical approaches to the construct of framing have resulted in conceptual confusion in conflict research. We disentangle these approaches by analyzing their assumptions about 1) the nature of frames — that is, cognitive representations or interactional co-constructions, and 2) what is getting framed — that is, issues, identities and relationships, or interaction process. Using a meta-paradigmatic perspective, we delineate the ontological, theoretical and methodological assumptions among six approaches to framing to reduce conceptual confusion and identify research opportunities within and across these approaches.

Key Words: cognition • cognitive framing • conflict and negotiation • conflict frames • frame negotiation • frames

Human Relations, Vol. 62, No. 2, 155-193 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708100356


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