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Do Hitters Boost Their Performance During Their Contract Years?, Heather M. O'Neill

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

Each season, baseball fans and journalists alike identify which players are in the final years of their contracts because a lot rides on how the players produce in their “contract year.” Will a player boost his effort and performance in an effort to improve his value and bargaining power? Or will he crumble under the pressure? Or are players’ performances uncorrelated with where they stand in their contract cycles?

Using Social Media In Your Negotiations, Michael T. Loconto

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

In the age of social media, public pronouncements

on private negotiations have

become increasingly common. Social media

is affecting negotiations in other ways

as well. What potential benefits do socialmedia

formats lend to negotiation, and

what pitfalls do the technologically savvy

need to guard against? In this article, we

examine the pros and cons of negotiating in

the digital age.