2021 Accelerating Women and Minority Physicists
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Session Title: Negotiation: Panel Discussion/Case Study
Question 1: What is a negotiation?
Reference:Brett, J., Thompson, L. (2016). Negotiation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 136(September 2016), 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.06.003
Choice A:An opportunity in which one party takes from another party
Choice B:Goal-directed behaviors among two or more parties aimed at reaching an agreement
Choice C:A debate about who is right and who is wrong
Choice D:Silently stewing about an unfair situation
Question 2: What does the acronym BATNA stand for?
Reference:Brett, J., Thompson, L. (2016). Negotiation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 136(September 2016), 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.06.003
Choice A:Best Argument To A Neutral Arbiter
Choice B:Be Aware To All Naïve Assumptions
Choice C:Best Alternative To A Negotiated Agreement
Choice D:BATs of North America
Question 3: BATNAs has been found to have the following effects on negotiators:
Reference:Brett, J., Thompson, L. (2016). Negotiation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 136(September 2016), 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.06.003
Choice A:Negotiators who know their own and counterparty’s BATNAs have higher aspirations
Choice B:Negotiators with better BATNAs set higher goals and offer the counterparty less
Choice C:Negotiators who focus on the BATNA of the counterparty are more effective in claiming resources
Choice D:All the above
Question 4: According to research by Amanatullah and Tinsley (2013), women are generally less assertive in negotiation than men and a key factor is the fear of backlash:
Reference:Amanatullah, E. T. Tinsley, C. H. (2013). Punishing female negotiators for asserting too much…or not enough. Exploring why advocacy moderates backlash against assertive female negotiators. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 120 (1), 110-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.03.006
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 5: Backlash refers to:
Reference:Brett, J., Thompson, L. (2016). Negotiation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 136(September 2016), 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.06.003
Choice A:Social stereotypes that each of us have about certain groups of people that form outside our own conscious awareness.
Choice B:Negative social reaction when an individual is seen as violating gender and/or racial norms because they engage in counter-sterotypical behaviors
Choice C:Inviting coworkers over to your home for a potluck to build camaraderie
Choice D:A back injury due to forceful movement of the back
Question 6: Substantial research has established that the use of negotiation strategy varies by gender and national culture.
Reference:Brett, J., Thompson, L. (2016). Negotiation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 136(September 2016), 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.06.003
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
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