Reluctance to Transmit Bad News When the Recipient is Unknown: Experiments in Five Nations
1979 ◽
Vol 7
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pp. 39-47
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Keyword(s):
Bad News
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Postcards containing a message either high or low in importance, and either favorable or unfavorable for the recipient, were individually "lost" in the public transportation systems of Paris, Madrid, London, Geneva, and Frankfurt am Main. More postcards were returned when the message was favorable than when it was unfavorable, but only in the high importance conditions. This pattern of results occurred in each location except Madrid. The findings are discussed in terms of Rosen and Tesser's (1970) reluctance to bear bad news (MUM) effect.
1996 ◽
Vol 1521
(1)
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pp. 20-28
2015 ◽
Vol 2537
(1)
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pp. 62-70
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2021 ◽
Vol 23
(06)
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pp. 1608-1617
Keyword(s):
2021 ◽
pp. 036119812110101
2020 ◽
Vol 6
(3)
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pp. 1013-1025