Having Too Many Options Can Make You a Worse Negotiator

Michael  Schaerer; David Loschelder; Roderick I. Swaab

Having Too Many Options Can Make You a Worse Negotiator

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Having Too Many Options Can Make You a Worse Negotiator. / Schaerer, Michael ; Loschelder, David; Swaab, Roderick I.
in: Harvard Business Review, Jahrgang Online, Nr. 05/2017, 2017.

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title = "Having Too Many Options Can Make You a Worse Negotiator",

abstract = "The conventional wisdom about negotiating – whether for a job salary or the price of a house – is that you{\textquoteright}re better positioned to get what you want when you have more alternative offers to leverage. But recent research shows that having alternative offers does not always help you. In a series of experiments, the authors found that walking into a negotiation with multiple offers, rather than a single one, can actually bias your decisions and lead you to make a lower first offer, hurting your ability to negotiate the outcome you want.",

keywords = "Psychology, Business psychology",

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year = "2017",

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journal = "Harvard Business Review",

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