This study investigates the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's preferences including social preference in terms of trust and trustworthiness, risk attitude, ambiguity attitude, and time preference. We compare the preferences of 5382 subjects in three sets of large-scale online...

The authors analyze data from a donation-based crowdfunding platform and conduct four experiments to examine effects of facial attractiveness on online charitable giving. Results show that facial attractiveness of recipients affects charitable giving only toward female recipients but not toward...

As the business world becomes more global many managers have spent significant time studying and working abroad. Does this overseas experience re-shape how managers think about the world? In this study we examined attribution patterns of Taiwanese managers who have studied and worked abroad. We...

We extend Gelfand and Realo’s (1999) argument that accountability motivates negotiators from relationally-focused cultures to use a more pro-relationship approach during negotiations. Our research shows that the effect they predict is found only when the other negotiating partner is an...

Social mobility is associated with opportunities, justice, equality, and well-being. Therefore, perceiving society as highly mobile is often presumed to have only beneficial outcomes for individuals. Departing from this account, we investigated a potential undesired effect of consumers’ social...