In this project we investigate how power differentials are related to deception in bargaining. To further the understanding of the power-deception relation, we draw on the comprehensive framework offered by interdependence theory. Based on the interactionist approach that underlies interdependence theory, we investigate how power relations between bargainers interact with personality characteristics of the bargainers. In a series of experimental studies we investigate the effects of power and social value orientations on (a) the willingness to deceive, (b) suspicion regarding other?s willingness to deceive, and (c) reactions to revealed deceit.
