Choosing the path to bargaining power: An empirical comparison of BATNAs and contributions in negotiation

成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
Kim, PH; Fragale, AR
署名单位:
University of Southern California; Stanford University
刊物名称:
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN/ISSBN:
0021-9010
DOI:
10.1037/0021-9010.90.2.373
发表日期:
2005
页码:
373-381
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摘要:
Although the negotiations literature identifies a variety of approaches for improving one's power position, the relative benefits of these approaches remain largely unexplored. The empirical study presented in this article begins to address this issue by examining how the size of the bargaining zone affects the relative benefit of an advantage in one's BATNA (i.e., having a better alternative than one's counterpart) versus contribution (i.e., contributing more to the relationship than one's counterpart) for negotiator performance. Results indicate that whereas BATNAs exerted a stronger effect on resource allocations than contributions when the bargaining zone was small, an advantage in contributions exerted a stronger effect on resource allocations than BATNAs when the bargaining zone was large. These findings provide needed insight and supporting evidence for how to alter one's power relationship in negotiation.
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