Are Some Negotiators Better than Others? Individual Differences in Bargaining Outcomes
39 Pages Posted: 6 Jul 2007 Last revised: 14 Jul 2008
Date Written: June 12, 2007
Abstract
The authors address the long-standing mystery of stable individual differences in negotiation performance, for which intuition and conventional wisdom have clashed with inconsistent empirical findings. The present study used the Social Relations Model to examine individual differences directly via consistency in performance across multiple negotiations, and to disentangle the roles of both parties within these inherently dyadic interactions. Individual differences explained a substantial 25% and 46% of objective performance in distributive and integrative bargaining, respectively, and 19% of subjective performance. Previous work may have understated the influence of individual differences because conventional research designs require specific traits to be identified and measured. Exploratory analyses of a battery of specific existing traits revealed few reliable associations with consistent individual differences in performance. Limitations, areas for future research, and practical implications are discussed.
Keywords: negotiation, bargaining, individual differences, personality, subjective value
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