Liking the Same thingS, but Doing thingS DifferentLy: outcome VerSuS Strategic compatibiLity in partner preferenceS for Joint taSkS

497 © 2011 Guilford Publications, Inc. The research reported in this article was conducted as part of the first author’s doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, and was supported by Grant 39429 from the National Institute of Mental Health to E. Tory Higgins. We wish to thank Dan Molden, Eli Finkel, and Gale Lucas for their helpful suggestions. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Vanessa K. Bohns, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1. E-mail: [email protected]. BOHNS AND HIGGINS Outcome vs. Strategic Compatibility