Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

8-2008

Abstract

Choosing the right counterpart can have a significant impact on negotiation success. Unfortunately, little research has studied such negotiation counterpart decisions. Three studies examined the influence of past negotiations on preferences to negotiate again with a counterpart. Study 1 found that the more favorable a past negotiated agreement the stronger the preference to negotiate with the counterpart in the future. Moreover, this relation was mediated through liking of the counterpart. Study 2 manipulated the difficulty of achieving a favorable agreement in the negotiation and found a significant effect of this situational factor such that subsequent counterpart preferences were less favorable when the negotiation was difficult. Similar to Study 1, this effect was mediated through liking of the counterpart. Study 3 examined the possibility of debiasing negotiator preferences from the biasing influence of situational characteristics by providing relevant information about the negotiation situation. Replicating the results of Study 2, negotiation difficulty affected counterpart preferences before additional information was given or when irrelevant information was given. However, once negotiators received relevant information on the negotiation situation, the effect of negotiation difficulty disappeared. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords

Interpersonal liking, Negotiation, Negotiation bias, Negotiation counterpart decision, Negotiation counterpart preference, Negotiation preparation

Discipline

Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volume

19

Issue

5

First Page

457

Last Page

477

ISSN

0926-2644

Identifier

10.1007/s10726-008-9130-1

Publisher

INFORMS

Copyright Owner and License

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Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-008-9130-1

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