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Curriculum
Hong Zhang is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Social and Political Psychology (SPP) and Motivation Psychology at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. As a member of the Negotiation Research Group (NRG), Hong’s research focuses on parties’ cognitions (e.g., mental accounting processes; mindsets) and emotions (e.g., envy) in the different contexts of negotiations (e.g., buyer-seller negotiations, resource-allocation negotiations). She has presented her research in Asia, Europe, and North America, and teaches college courses on empirical research and negotiation. Hong is committed to apply her research findings to real-world negotiations and make them valuable to practice from ecological, economic, and societal perspectives. She has shared her findings with negotiation practitioners in MBA courses as well as corporate training (e.g., Poznań University of Economics and Business, Siemens).
Hong received her BA in Business Administration and French Literature from Wuhan University (China), her MSc in Management from ESC Rouen Business School (France), and her Ph.D. in Management and Marketing from the Free University of Berlin.
Research interests: Negotiation, Mental Accounting, Agenda Setting, Emotion, Mindset
Research interests
Hong Zhang is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Social, Organizational, and Political Psychology (SOPP) at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Her research focuses on mental accounting in negotiation, particularly the cognitive processes of segregating and integrating information during the negotiation process. She has also conducted work in the areas of agenda setting and mindset in negotiations. She has presented his research in Asia, Europe, and North America, and teaches college courses on empirical research and negotiation. Hong is committed to apply her research findings to real-world negotiations and make them valuable to society. She has shared her findings with negotiation practitioners in MBA courses as well as corporate training (e.g., Copenhagen Business School, Siemens).
Hong received her BA in Business Administration and French Literature from Wuhan University (China), her MSc in Management from ESC Rouen Business School (France), and her PhD in Management and Marketing from Free University of Berlin.
Research interests: Negotiation, Mental Accounting, Agenda Setting, Mindset, Cross-Culture
Education/Academic qualification
Management and Marketing
10.2013 → 07.2017
Award Date: 21.07.2017
Management, NEOMA Business School
09.2010 → 07.2013
Business Administration, Wuhan University
09.2006 → 07.2010
Keywords
- Psychology
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Research collaborations from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Mental Accounting in Allocation Negotiations
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Majer, J. (Project staff), Zhang, H. (Project manager, academic), Moran, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ritov, I. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony in Germany
01.11.18 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
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Mental Accounting in Negotiations
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Zhang, H. (Project manager, academic) & Majer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.18 → 31.03.21
Project: Research
Research output
- 13 Journal articles
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Structuring success: How issue-packaging agendas foster better joint outcomes in multi-issue negotiations
Zhang, H., Geiger, I., Majer, J. M. & Trötschel, R., 03.2026, In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 123, 9 p., 104856.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Beyond Propensity: Thresholds, Costs, and Interventions in Negotiation Avoidance
Hunsaker, D. A., Zhang, H. & Lee, A. J., 2025, In: Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. 18, 4, p. 37-56 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How Do Negotiators Resolve Conflict Over Resources of Changing Value: The Role of Trust in Sequential Negotiations
Heydenbluth, C., Aaldering, H., Zhang, H., Majer, J. M. & Trötschel, R., 01.12.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Resolving the Complexity-Flexibility Dilemma in Multi-Issue Negotiations: Nested Bracketing as a Strategy to Enhance Negotiation Outcomes
Zhang, H., Majer, J. M., Warsitzka, M. & Trötschel, R., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Thinking Beyond the Bargaining Table: Negotiators’ Perceptions, Behaviours and Outcomes in Negotiations Affecting External Parties
Zhang, K., Zhang, H., Aaldering, H., Majer, J. M. & Trötschel, R., 12.2025, In: European Journal of Social Psychology. 55, 7, p. 1152-1170 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
- 8 Conference Presentations
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Managing the present generations’ conflicts on the backs of future generations: How current generation’s negotiators create and claim value for themselves and future others
Treek, M. (presenter), Majer, J. (Coauthor), Zhang, H. (Coauthor), Zhang, K. (Coauthor) & Trötschel, R. (Coauthor)
25.05.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade? Negotiators' perceptions and behaviors in intergenerational allocations of resources.
van Treek, M. (Speaker), Majer, J. M. (Coauthor), Zhang, H. (Coauthor) & Trötschel, R. (Coauthor)
28.11.2019 → 29.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Economic Capital and Social Capital in Integrative Negotiations - IACM 2019
Zhang, K. (Speaker), Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
07.07.2019 → 10.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Mental Parsing as A Mixed Blessing for Integrative Agreements: When Parsing Multiple Issues into Separate Mental Accounts Helps Versus Hurts Negotiators.
Trötschel, R. (Speaker), Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Majer, J. M. (Speaker)
08.07.2018 → 11.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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It Matters When You Do It – Issue Packaging in Multi-Issue Negotiation.
Zhang, H. (Speaker), Geiger, I. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
09.07.2017 → 12.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Prizes
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AC4 IACM Conference Scholar Award
Zhang, H. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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AC4 IACM Conference Scholar Award
Zhang, H. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research
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Research Grant from DRRC, Kellogg School of Management – Research residency
Trötschel, R. (Recipient) & Zhang, H. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research