Book by an FBI agent: The role of relationships and feelings in a negotiation. Voss, C., Raz, T., (2016) Never Split the difference – Negotiating as your life depended on it., New York: Harper Collis.
Asking questions strengthens the relationship. Huang, K., Yeomans, M., Brooks, A. W., Minson, J., & Gino, F. (2017), It Doesńt Hurt to Ask: Question-Asking Increase Liking, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 113, No.3, pp. 430–452.
You can get far by trying to understand. Cohen, S., Schulz, M. S., Weiss, E., & Waldinger, R. J. (2012). Eye of the beholder: The individual and dyadic contributions of empathic accuracy and perceived empathic effort to relationship satisfaction. Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 26, pp. 236–245.
A classic work about the “As-If” principle. Vaihinger, H. (1935), The Philosophy of ‘As if’: a System of the Theoretical, Practical and Religious Fictions of Mankind. Translated by C. K. Ogden (2 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
The importance of not missing vital information (black swans). Bazerman, M., (2014), The Power of Noticing, New York, Simon & Schuster.
Create satisfaction by finding the interests behind demands. Pasquier, P. (2011), An empirical study of interest-based negotiation, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent system, March, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 249–288.
Influence, theory and practice. Cialdini, R. B., (2005), Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion, New York: Harper Collins.
Going past a ‘no’. Ury, W., (1991), Getting Past No – Negotiating In Difficult Situations. New York: Bantam Books.
The classic about social success. Carnegie., D., (1936), How to Win Friends and Influence People. London: Random House.
How words influence us and others. Newberg, A., & Waldman, R. (2014), Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversation Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflicts, and Increase Intimacy, New York: Plume.
Why people become difficult to cooperate with. Fisher, R., Shapiro, D., (2005), Beyond Reason – Using Emotions as You Negotiate, New York: Penguin Books.
Difficult conversations about sensitive subjects. Stone, D., Patton, B., Heen, S., (2010), Difficult Conversations – How to Discuss What Matters Most, New York: Penguin Publishing Group.
Solving emotionally charged conflicts. Shapiro, D., (2016), Negotiating the Non Negotiable – How to resolve your Most Emotionally charged Conflicts. New York: Penguin Books.
Dealing with everyday confrontations. Thompson, G. J., Jenkins J. B., Verbal Judo: the Gentle Art of Persuasion, William Morrow Company.
Difficult people. Hansin, G., (2015), How to Deal with difficult People: Smart Tactics for Overcoming the Problem People in Your Life, London: Wiley.
More about narcissists. Jackson, T., (2017), How to handle a Narcissist, Kindle Edition.
What happens inside the brain of a psychopath. Meffert, H., Gazzola V., Boer, J. A. den, Bartels, A. A. J., Keysers, C. (2013), Reduced spontaneous but relatively normal deliberate vicarious representations in psychopathy. Brain Vol. 136, No. 8.