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Too precise to pursue: How precise first offers create barriers-to-entry in negotiations and markets

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Too precise to pursue: How precise first offers create barriers-to-entry in negotiations and markets. / Lee, Alice J.; Loschelder, David D.; Schweinsberg, Martin et al.
In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 148, 01.09.2018, p. 87-100.

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Lee, AJ, Loschelder, DD, Schweinsberg, M, Mason, MF & Galinsky, AD 2018, 'Too precise to pursue: How precise first offers create barriers-to-entry in negotiations and markets', Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, vol. 148, pp. 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.03.001

APA

Lee, A. J., Loschelder, D. D., Schweinsberg, M., Mason, M. F., & Galinsky, A. D. (2018). Too precise to pursue: How precise first offers create barriers-to-entry in negotiations and markets. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 148, 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.03.001

Vancouver

Lee AJ, Loschelder DD, Schweinsberg M, Mason MF, Galinsky AD. Too precise to pursue: How precise first offers create barriers-to-entry in negotiations and markets. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 2018 Sept 1;148:87-100. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.03.001

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abstract = "Prior research shows that precise first offers strongly anchor negotiation outcomes. This precision advantage, however, has been documented only when the parties were already in a negotiation. We introduce the concept of negotiation entry, i.e., the decision to enter a negotiation with a particular party. We predict that precise prices create barriers-to-entry, reducing a counterpart's likelihood of entering a negotiation. Six studies (N = 1580) and one archival analysis of real estate data (N = 11,203) support our barrier-to-entry prediction: Potential negotiators were less likely to enter a negotiation with precise- versus round-offer makers. Using both statistical mediation and experimental-causal-chain analyses, we establish that perceptions of offer-maker inflexibility underlie the precision barrier. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the precision mechanism (inflexibility) is distinct from the extremity mechanism (being offended) that produces barriers-to-entry from extreme first offers. The discussion theoretically integrates research on first-offer precision and extremity by offering the Precision-Extremity Model of First Offers.",
keywords = "Anchor precision, Barriers-to-entry, Decision making, First offers, Negotiation entry, Social attribution, Psychology, Business psychology",
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