Flattery May Get You Somewhere: The Strategic Implications of Providing Positive vs. Negative Feedback About Ability vs. Ethicality in Negotiation

Posted: 20 Jul 2006

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Peter H. Kim

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

Kristina A. Diekmann

University of Utah - Department of Management

Ann E. Tenbrunsel

University of Notre Dame - Department of Management & Administration Sciences

Abstract

Two studies were conducted to examine the strategic implications of providing positive vs. negative feedback about ability vs. ethicality to one's negotiating partner. Results indicate that negotiators were least competitive and achieved the worst individual performance when they received negative-ability feedback, were most honest when they received negative-ethicality feedback, and were most cooperative when they received positive-ethicality feedback. Causal modeling revealed that the effects of feedback on recipients' cooperativeness and individual performance were mediated by recipients' self-perceptions.

Keywords: negotiation, feedback, ability, ethicality

Suggested Citation

Kim, Peter H. and Diekmann, Kristina A. and Tenbrunsel, Ann E., Flattery May Get You Somewhere: The Strategic Implications of Providing Positive vs. Negative Feedback About Ability vs. Ethicality in Negotiation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 225-243, 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=918101

Peter H. Kim (Contact Author)

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business ( email )

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Kristina A. Diekmann

University of Utah - Department of Management ( email )

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Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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Ann E. Tenbrunsel

University of Notre Dame - Department of Management & Administration Sciences ( email )

Notre Dame, IN 46556-0399
United States
219-631-7402 (Phone)

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