Roy J. Lewicki is the Dean's Distinguished Professor and Professor of Management and Human Resources at the Max. M. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University . He has authored or edited 31 books, as well as numerous research articles. Professor Lewicki has served as the president of the International Association of Conflict Management, Editor of Academy of Management Learning and Education, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Management . He received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Academy in 2005 for his contributions to the field of teaching in negotiation and dispute resolution.

Bruce Barry is Professor of Management and Sociology at Vanderbilt University. His research on negotiation, influence, power, and justice has appeared in numerous scholarly journals and volumes. Professor Barry is a past president of the International Association for Conflict Management and a past chair of the Academy of Management Conflict Management Division.

David M. Saunders is Dean of the School of Business at Queen's University, Canada. He has coauthored several articles on negotiation, conflict resolution, employee voice, and organizational justice. He has taught at Duke University, People's University in Beijing, China and at McGill University in Montreal and Tokyo. Professor Saunders is currently Chair of the Canadian Federation of Business School Deans, a member of the Board of Directors of AACSB International, and member of the Board of Trustees of the European Foundation for Management Development (efmd).