TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of time and their impact on negotiations in the Arabic-speaking Islamic world
AU - Alon, Ilai
AU - Brett, Jeanne M.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - This article examines how perceptions of time affect Arabic-speaking Islamic negotiators and how their attitudes about time, and their corresponding behaviors, may differ from those of their Western counterparts. We begin by identifying cultural differences in the conceptualization of time and then comment on the role of time in negotiations, discussing how time influences bargaining, trust, and negotiation tactics. In the section on tactics, we discuss stall-and-delay tactics, the use of the past as an objective standard, and limits on negotiating the future. Our purpose is to encourage negotiators from the West to be knowledgeable about the way they, as well as negotiators from Arabic-speaking Islamic cultures, conceive of and use time in negotiations. We believe that understanding that the very concept of time is often quite different in these two cultures is an important step in facilitating negotiations that cross these cultural boundaries.
AB - This article examines how perceptions of time affect Arabic-speaking Islamic negotiators and how their attitudes about time, and their corresponding behaviors, may differ from those of their Western counterparts. We begin by identifying cultural differences in the conceptualization of time and then comment on the role of time in negotiations, discussing how time influences bargaining, trust, and negotiation tactics. In the section on tactics, we discuss stall-and-delay tactics, the use of the past as an objective standard, and limits on negotiating the future. Our purpose is to encourage negotiators from the West to be knowledgeable about the way they, as well as negotiators from Arabic-speaking Islamic cultures, conceive of and use time in negotiations. We believe that understanding that the very concept of time is often quite different in these two cultures is an important step in facilitating negotiations that cross these cultural boundaries.
KW - Arabic-speaking Islamic culture
KW - Culture
KW - Negotiation
KW - Time
KW - Western culture
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33846290742&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2007.00127.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2007.00127.x
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AN - SCOPUS:33846290742
SN - 0748-4526
VL - 23
SP - 55
EP - 73
JO - Negotiation Journal
JF - Negotiation Journal
IS - 1
ER -