To flirt or not to flirt? Sexual power at the bargaining table

Negotiation Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-493

  Kray, Laura J ^a   Locke, Connson C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flirtation; Gender; Likability; Negotiation; Power; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349091639     PISSN: 07484526     EISSN: 15719979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2008.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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