The Role of Regulatory Fit in Framing Effective Negative Feedback Across Cultures

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 696-712

  Kung, Franki Y H ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^b   Yang, Daniel Y J ^c   Cheng, Shirley Y Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

culture; message framing; motivation; negative feedback; regulatory fit

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; STUDENT;

EID: 84966539279     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022116638172     Document Type: Article

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