This research examined the negotiation of self, other, and group identities in seven ongoing decision-making groups. The interaction selected for examination was the final group meeting during which those group members present were to divide among all group members a set number of class extra credit points. The transcripts of the decision-making conversations were examined in terms of a number of questions suggested by the literature in negotiation and identity bargaining. In general, the results of the analysis point to a need to re-examine assertions concerning what communication in bargaining situations should look like.
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