This article examines an important issue in crisis management: how to influence public perceptions of the news media's reporting of a crisis. Previous research has found that congruency between the regulatory orientation of a consumer and a product recall message—also known as the regulatory...

This paper examines how regulatory fit influences evaluations through two separate mechanisms. The first mechanism attributes "feeling right" from fit to positive feelings about the target, making any type of evaluation more positive. The second mechanism attributes "feeling right" to the...

Individuals vary in the way they schedule their daily tasks and activities. In particular, two scheduling styles are commonly followed: clock-time (where tasks are organized based on a clock) and event-time (where tasks are organized based on their order of completion). This research shows that...

Cross-cultural research documented two types of temporal culture governing the way individuals schedule tasks over time: clock-time, where individuals let an external clock dictate when tasks begin/end; and event-time, where tasks are planned relative to other tasks and individuals transition...

Regulatory fit is experienced when people use goal pursuit means that fit their regulatory orientation. Previous research found that regulatory fit affects people’s sense of importance toward the decision, which in turn can transfer to the value of the decision outcome (Higgins et al., 2002)...