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Handshaking Promotes Deal-Making by Signaling Cooperative Intent

By: Juliana Schroeder, Jane L. Risen, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton
We examine how a simple handshake—a gesture that often occurs at the outset of social interactions—can influence deal-making. Because handshakes are social rituals, they are imbued with meaning beyond their physical features. We propose that during mixed-motive... View Details
Keywords: Handshake; Cooperation; Affiliation; Competition; Negotiation; Nonverbal Communication; Negotiation Participants; Behavior; Communication Intention and Meaning; Negotiation Deal
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Schroeder, Juliana, Jane L. Risen, Francesca Gino, and Michael I. Norton. "Handshaking Promotes Deal-Making by Signaling Cooperative Intent." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 116, no. 5 (May 2019): 743–768.
  • 15 Oct 2018
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Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations

  • 13 Jun 2014
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Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking

Keywords: by Juliana Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino & Michael I. Norton
  • 2014
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Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking

By: Juliana Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton
Humans use subtle sources of information—like nonverbal behavior—to determine whether to act cooperatively or antagonistically when they negotiate. Handshakes are particularly consequential nonverbal gestures in negotiations because people feel comfortable initiating... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Cooperation; Societal Protocols
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Schroeder, Juliana, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, and Michael I. Norton. "Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-117, May 2014.
  • 26 Apr 2009
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The E-Mail Handshake

  • 28 Apr 2020
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Could the handshake really disappear?

  • summer 1973
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Joint Venture Partners - Successful Handshake or Painful Headache?

By: Louis T Wells Jr
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Partners and Partnerships; Success
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Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Joint Venture Partners - Successful Handshake or Painful Headache?" European Business, no. 38 (summer 1973).
  • 11 Apr 2024
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From Handshakes to Happiness: Dr. Michael Norton on the Science of Rituals

  • 04 Jun 2014
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To Negotiate Effectively, First Shake Hands

Keywords: negotiation skills; interpersonal communication; handshake
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Impressions: The Science of Meeting People

  • 07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

improvements in delivering specific healthcare services and justify further investigation of process improvements. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54827 in press Journal of Personality and Social Psychology View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

Startup Balancing Act

said to my coworker, and with that I stepped off the hover board. “Hopefully, you can learn it by the end of the summer” he replied while laughing. I gave him a firm handshake and returned to my desk. My summer internship is at a medical... View Details
Keywords: Health Care

    First Impressions: The Science of Meeting People

    A strong handshake and assertive greeting may not be the best way to make a good first impression. New research suggests that people respond more positively to someone who comes across as trustworthy rather than confident.

    Social psychologist Amy... View Details
    • March 2022 (Revised January 2024)
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    Moksha Data: Delivering Insights for Public Service

    By: Ashish Nanda and Zack Kurtovich
    Moksha Data, a boutique consulting firm specializing in public sector work, started in January 2017 with a handshake between friends and a shared commitment to the principles of egalitarianism, ownership, and collaboration. The Houston-based firm had built momentum... View Details
    Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Professional Service Firm; Strategy Formulation; Data; Data As A Service; Government Contracting; Consulting; Consulting Firms; Consulting Services; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Analytics and Data Science; Growth and Development; Strategy; Consulting Industry; Texas
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    Nanda, Ashish, and Zack Kurtovich. "Moksha Data: Delivering Insights for Public Service." Harvard Business School Case 722-397, March 2022. (Revised January 2024.)
    • April 1999 (Revised March 2002)
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    Gerald Weiss

    By: Brian J. Hall and Carleen Madigan
    Gerald Weiss left Wall Street for the promise of a CFO position at a well-established corporation. He was given a 10-year options package with a guaranteed floor of $12 million and unlimited upside. To ensure the entire package would be worth at least $12 million after... View Details
    Keywords: Management Teams; Resignation and Termination; Executive Compensation; Organizational Culture; Agreements and Arrangements; Stock Options; Conflict and Resolution; New York (city, NY)
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    Hall, Brian J., and Carleen Madigan. "Gerald Weiss." Harvard Business School Case 899-258, April 1999. (Revised March 2002.)
    • January 2023
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    Gerald Weiss (2023)

    By: Brian J. Hall, Carleen Madigan, Andrew Wasynczuk and Caroline Witten
    Gerald Weiss left Wall Street for the promise of a CFO position at a well-established corporation. He was given a 10-year options package with a guaranteed floor of $12 million and unlimited upside. To ensure the entire package would be worth at least $12 million after... View Details
    Keywords: Management Teams; Resignation and Termination; Executive Compensation; Organizational Culture; Agreements and Arrangements; Stock Options; Conflict and Resolution; New York (city, NY)
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    Hall, Brian J., Carleen Madigan, Andrew Wasynczuk, and Caroline Witten. "Gerald Weiss (2023)." Harvard Business School Case 923-038, January 2023.
    • 02 Apr 2024
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    Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

    more effective to encourage more handshake contracts between managers to share workers than to create a central system for replacing employees, the researchers found. Since different people on production lines perform different tasks,... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion
    • 05 Dec 2022
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    How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?

    over, his problems even getting into the building, and what he calls “the official GE handshake.” The GE handshake was demonstrated by the head of building security who prevents Letterman from getting past the lobby of the building. Every... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Industrial Products; Media & Broadcasting; Medical Devices & Supplies; Manufacturing
    • 26 Nov 2019
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    The Ritual Effect

    enhance feelings of control, which reduces grief; in business negotiations, enacting rituals like handshaking can increase feelings of trust, which enables better working relationships. And the list goes on: rituals can increase belonging... View Details
    Keywords: rituals
    • 01 Jun 2024
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    Again and Again

    Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
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