Ask and ye shall receive? How gender and status moderate negotiation success

Negotiation and Conflict Management Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 253-272

  Amanatullah, Emily T ^a   Tinsley, Catherine H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backlash; Gender; Negotiation; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885451243     PISSN: 17504708     EISSN: 17504716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ncmr.12014     Document Type: Article

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