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Relationships in

Negotiation

LDR 655
Wallace
Siena Heights University
(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)
Within Relationships
Transactional research:
• Time
• Learning &
interdependence
• Simple distributive
resolution impacts
future work

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)


Within Relationships
• Distributive issues may
be emotional
• Endless negotiation
– Defer difficulty over a good
start
– Impossibilities?
– Unresolved?
• Focal problem?
• Relationship preservation
(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)
Communal Relationships
• Cooperative and
empathetic
• Higher quality
agreements
• Better decision making
and motor tasks
• Both party outcomes
• Focus on working norms
(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)
Communal Relationships

• More sharing - less


coercion
• Indirect
communication and
unique conflict
structure
• More compromise

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)


Key Elements

• Reputation
• Trust
• Justice

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)


Reputation
• Perceptually subjective
• Multiple reputations
• Past behavior
• Individual
accomplishments &
characteristics
• Time stamped
• Negative repair?
(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)
Trust

• What’s your definition?


• Key factors:
1. Individual disposition

2. Situations

3. History

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)


Recent Research
• Initial high levels of
trust
• Cooperation
• Individual motives
• Different focuses
• Shape party judgment

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)


Recent Research

Sharing Effectiveness Dialogue Outcomes

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)


Recent Research
• Favorable process
• Face-to-face
• Self-interest vs.
representation

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)


Justice

• Distributive
• Procedural
• Interactional
• Systemic

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)


Repairing
• Misunderstandings &
self-analysis
• Cause & action
• Persuasion over coercion
• Disrespect or acceptance
& respect?
• Balance emotion &
reason
(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)
What Do You Need to Do?

(Lewicki, Saunders & Barry. 2011)

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