Money isn't all that matters: The use of financial compensation and apologies to preserve relationships in the aftermath of distributive harm

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-107

  Haesevoets, Tessa ^a   Reinders Folmer, Chris ^a   De Cremer, David ^b   Van Hiel, Alain ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Apology; Dictator game; Equality norm; Financial compensation; Relationship preservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874242477     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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