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Negotiator Resilience.Docx, Brianna B. Caza, Mara Olekalns

Mara Olekalns

Negotiating The Gender Divide: Lessons From The Negotiation And Organizational Behavior Literatures, Carol Kulik, Mara Olekalns

Mara Olekalns

Employment relationships are increasingly personalized, with more employment conditions open to negotiation. Although the intended goal of this personalization is a better and more satisfying employment relationship, personalization may systematically disadvantage members of some demographic groups. This disadvantage is evident for women, who routinely negotiate less desirable employment terms than men. This gender-based gap in outcomes is frequently attributed to differences in the ways that men and women negotiate. We review the negotiation research demonstrating that women are systematically disadvantaged in negotiations and the organizational behavior research examining the backlash experienced by agentic women. We use the Stereotype Content Model …

With Feeling: How Emotions Shape Negotiation, Mara Olekalns, Daniel Druckman

Mara Olekalns

An increasingly popular topic in current research is how emotional expressions influence the course of negotiation and related interactions. Negotiation is a form of social exchange that pits the opposing motives of cooperating and competing against one another. Most negotiators seek to reach an agreement with the other party; they also strive for an agreement that serves their own goals. This dual concern is reflected in a process that consists of both bargaining and problem solving. A good deal of the research and practice literature concentrates on ways to perform these activities effectively. In earlier writing, emotions were viewed largely …

Negotiations And Trust, Mara Olekalns, Philip L. Smith

Mara Olekalns

This forthcoming entry in the Encyclopaedia of Peace Psychology provides an overview of trust in negotiation

Markov Chain Models Of Negotiators’ Communication, Mara Olekalns, Philip L. Smith, Laurie R. Weingart

Mara Olekalns

This entry into the Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology provides an overview of the application of markov chain modelling to the analysis of communication patterns in negotiation

Psychological Aspects Of Negotiating Strategies And Processes, Mara Olekalns, Philip L. Smith

Mara Olekalns

This entry into the Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology proveis an overview of cognitive factors that shape negotiation processes