Abstract
Visual access was manipulated to assess its effect on the ability of high, low, and mixed Machiavellian bargaining pairs to discover mutually advantageous solutions on a bargaining task. Thirty-six dyads, twelve of each type, bargained either face to face or with a visual barrier between them. Visual contact interfered with the discovery of jointly profitable solutions in the high-low Mach pairs, but had no effect on other dyad combinations. It was argued that the personality dynamics of high-low Mach dyads made them particularly vulnerable to low joint bargaining outcomes in face to face negotiation.

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