“…• characteristics of the context-like culture (Callister and Wall, 2004), individual differences within cultures (Davidheiser, 2006), the number of parties in multiparty mediation (Böhmelt, 2011), a highly conflictual context (Grima and Trépo, 2009), time pressure (Grima and Trépo, 2009;Pinkley et al, 1995), shifts and changes in conflict dynamics (Vukovic, 2012) and past mediation outcomes (Bercovitch and Gartner, 2006); • characteristics of the conflict like conflict intensity and resolution status (Alberts et al, 2005;Baitar et al, 2012b;Bercovitch and Gartner, 2006;Pinkley et al, 1995), as well as integrative potential (Maoz and Terris, 2006;Terris and Maoz, 2005); • characteristics of disputants like gender (Herrman et al, 2003) and relationship hostility (Mareschal, 2005); • perceptions of conflict asymmetry between the parties (Jehn et al, 2010) and parties' behavioral style during the mediation (Nelson et al, 2011); • characteristics of the mediator like mediator's experience and skill base (Arnold, 2007;Mareschal, 2005;Poitras, 2009), mediators' ties, knowledge and bias toward the parties (Savun, 2008;Svensson, 2009), mediator's emotional intelligence (Boland and Ross, 2010), the clarity of the mediator's role and their role-conception (Grima andTrépo, 2009,Van Gramberg, 2006), power position of the mediator (Svensson, 2007) and mediator's style (Alberts et al, 2005;Asal et al, 2002, Baitar et al, 2012a, 2012bBeardsley et al, 2006;Goldberg, 2005;Jameson et al, 2010;…”