This study investigates how two situational elements influence people's propensity to lie about their own performance. We hypothesized that, a) people are more likely to lie when rewarded for doing so, b) performance pressures at work lead people to lie about their performance, and c) the joint...

Each year, individuals in the United States donate over $200 billion to charitable causes. To motivate donors, charities offer donors recognition, even though it is not well understood if and how recognition increases charitable behavior. This research focuses on how the effectiveness of...

An essential component of scapegoating is that one group is blamed, potentially unfairly, and evaluated in negative ways for causing societal harm. We theorized that people will be more likely to scapegoat unvaccinated individuals (vs. vaccinated) and that liberals will be more likely to...

An essential component of scapegoating is that one group is blamed, potentially unfairly, and evaluated in negative ways for causing societal harm. We theorized that people will be more likely to scapegoat unvaccinated individuals (vs. vaccinated) and that liberals will be more likely to...

This study examined the effects of workplace offenders' characteristics and offense-type on victims' reactions. Responses from 352 employed graduate students in the U.S. and South Korea to a hypothetical offense incident revealed that employees from the U.S. and Korea differ in their expressed...

Minority-owned businesses suffer from systemic difficulties in operating their businesses, compared to businesses owned by White individuals. In response, some minority business owners explicitly highlight their race or ethnicity via minority-owned labels (e.g. “Black-Owned Business”,...