Reactions toward an unexpected or counternormative favor-giver: Does it matter if we think we can reciprocate?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 633-641

  El Alayli, Amani ^a,b   Messé, Lawrence A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefactor; Counternormative; Evaluation; Favors; Liking; Obligation; Reactance; Reciprocation; Reciprocity; Unexpected

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644261976     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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