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AFFECT RELATED To SETTLEMENTS AND OUTCOMES<br />

outcomes.<br />

Barry and Oliver (1996:136) distinguish between economic outcomes and social<br />

AFFECT AS ANTECEDENT TO ECONOMIC OUTCOMES<br />

In a previous discussion I made reference to the fact that negotiators can behave<br />

competitively or cooperatively, and that cooperative behaviour does not always<br />

enhance chances for positive outcomes. Barry and Oliver mention the dual concerns<br />

model by Filley (1975) and Rahim (1983) according to which negotiating parties who<br />

share moderate levels <strong>of</strong> concern agree to compromise their joint outcomes. But ifthey<br />

share high levels <strong>of</strong> concern their agreement will be towards maximising their joint<br />

outcomes.<br />

Concerning the presence or absence <strong>of</strong> affect Barry and Oliver (1996:137)<br />

mention Carnevale and !sen's research (1986) where positive affect which was induced<br />

by humorous cartoons and gifts led the negotiating parties to reach "higher joint pr<strong>of</strong>it<br />

agreements than neutral affect negotiators." With dating and stranger couples where<br />

one would expect positive affect the outcome was not an increase in joint pr<strong>of</strong>it. To<br />

Barry and Oliver (1996:137) these two findings suggest "the influence <strong>of</strong> affect on<br />

economic outcomes may depend on the source <strong>of</strong> that affect." Higher expectations as<br />

well as the same sources <strong>of</strong> positive affect will, according to research, lead to higher<br />

joint outcomes only if both parties experience similar affect states or "affect<br />

symmetry." Ifthe positive affect experienced is from a favourable relationship with the<br />

negotiator's opponent i.e. relational affect, then the joint outcomes are not as strongly<br />

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