An instrumental perspective on apologizing in bargaining: The importance of forgiveness to apologize

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 215-222

  Leunissen, Joost M ^a   Cremer, David De ^a,b   Reinders Folmer, Christopher P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apologies; Bargaining; Forgiveness; Instrumental perspective; Perpetrators; Trust game

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755184666     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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