Stretching the truth: Elastic justification and motivated communication of uncertain information

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-201

  Schweitzer, Maurice E ^a   Hsee, Christopher K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicating uncertainty; Deception; Elastic justification; Motivated communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036405289     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020647814263     Document Type: Article

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