Kramer, Thomas; Yucel-Aybat, Ozge; Lau-Gesk, Loraine - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 116 (2011) 1, pp. 140-147
Others' choices that turn out badly often elicit schadenfreude; that is, feelings of malicious joy about the misfortunes of others. We examine the impact of experiencing schadenfreude when choosing between conventional and unconventional options. Results show that individuals are relatively more...