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Digitalisierung, aber zu welchem Preis? – Unethisches Verhalten in digitalen Verhandlungen

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Die Kommunikationsprozesse von Unternehmen, darunter auch die zwischen Einkauf und Vertrieb stattfindenden Verhandlungen, werden zunehmend in digitaler Form durchgeführt. Auch wenn sich Geschäftsbeziehungen hierdurch effizienter gestalten lassen, besteht das Risiko, dass die fehlenden nonverbalen Hinweise bei der digitalen Kommunikation zu mangelnder Empathie zwischen den Verhandelnden und damit zu einer starken Fokussierung auf Eigeninteressen führen. Der Beitrag von Markus Voeth, Nina Weinmann und Joana Roth hat zum Ziel, die Wirkung der erhöhten Distanz in digitalen Verhandlungen auf das individuelle Verhalten, insbesondere das ethische Verhandlungsverhalten, zu untersuchen. Im Rahmen einer Meta-Analyse wurden dahin gehend Studien mit Face-to-Face- und unterschiedlichen digitalen Settings, wie bspw. chat- oder videobasierte Verhandlungen, auf den Einsatz unethischer Taktiken untersucht. Die daraus gewonnenen Ergebnisse verdeutlichen die Relevanz des eingesetzten Verhandlungsmediums für den Aufbau einer stabilen Geschäftsbeziehung und damit einhergehend den langfristigen Erfolg in Geschäftsverhandlungen.

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Voeth, M., Weinmann, N., Roth, J. (2023). Digitalisierung, aber zu welchem Preis? – Unethisches Verhalten in digitalen Verhandlungen. In: Kleinaltenkamp, M., Gabriel, L., Morgen, J., Nguyen, M. (eds) Marketing und Innovation in disruptiven Zeiten. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38572-9_15

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