Negotiating power: Agenda ordering and the willingness to negotiate in asymmetric intergroup conflicts

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 978-995

  Kteily, Nour ^a   Saguy, Tamar ^b   Sidanius, James ^c   Taylor, Donald M ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical conflict; Conflict resolution; Intergroup relations; Negotiations; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARABS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NEGOTIATING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890031431     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034095     Document Type: Article

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