Effect on restaurant tipping of male and female servers drawing a happy, smiling face on the backs of customers' checks

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-225

  Rind, Bruce ^a   Bordia, Prashant ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0029665895     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01847.x     Document Type: Article

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