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Previous research has suggested that cultural collectivism may be related to styles of dispute processing. This possibility was explored in a study with subjects from Hong Kong and the United States. Results showed that the collectivistic Chinese subjects preferred bargaining and mediation to a larger extent than did the individualistic American subjects. Results further suggested that the reason for the Chinese subjects' strong preference for mediation and bargaining was their perception that these two procedures were more capable of reducing the animosity between the disputants. Procedural preference was found to be influenced by the extent to which the procedures were perceived as (a) granting the disputants process control,(b) capable of animosity reduction,(c) fair, and (d) favorable. Implications of these findings for a pancultural model of procedural preference are discussed.(PsycINFO Database Record (c …