Abstract
Experiment 1 examined the impact of minimum goals and aspiration values on feelings of success. Negotiators with low minimum goals felt more successful than did those with higher minimum goals, even though their final settlements were identical. Furthermore, negotiators with low aspirations felt more successful than did negotiators with higher aspirations, even though the final settlement was identical. Experiment 2 examined the relative impact of minimum goals and aspirations and found that aspirations influenced negotiators' perceptions of success more than did minimum goals. Experiment 3 examined how goals affected the demands negotiators made to their opponents. Negotiators with low minimum goals and high aspirations demanded more from their opponents than did negotiators with high minimum goals and low aspirations. In general, aspirations, as compared to minimum goals, exerted a more powerful influence on the demands people made to others in negotiations and how successful they felt about negotiated outcomes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 513-524 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Group Decision and Negotiation |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1995 |
Keywords
- aspiration
- comparison
- goal
- judgment
- negotiation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Decision Sciences
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- General Social Sciences
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation