Dealing with challenging negotiators

Three new research studies offer advice on how to cope with counterparts who display varying degrees of difficult behavior.

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We often enter negotiations with a new counterpart with excitement. Unfortunately, our high expectations are sometimes dashed when our new negotiating partner exhibits behavior that’s puzzling, upsetting, or downright bizarre. A trio of new articles by negotiation scholars offers advice that can help us respond effectively to bargaining partners who threaten to throw us off … Read Dealing with challenging negotiators

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