Prior research has established how proximity to goal attainment impacts the motivation to pursue that goal. What is relatively unknown is how the desirability of an extrinsic reward associated with Read More »
People want to be seen as kind, fair, and generous, and that goal influences their decision-making. Pay-what-you-want pricing highlights those goals by allowing consumers’ to express their social Read More »
When facing multiple choice options, decision-makers often adopt a two-stage choice strategy. Specifically, they first select some options to form a consideration set (the screening stage), and then Read More »
Prior research on goal gradient theory has shown that one’s motivational drive associated with a reward intensifies with increasing advancement toward the reward (Hull 1983). These findings raise Read More »
Why do people so often share negative personal information (e.g. a fight with a spouse, a miserable product experience) when research shows focusing on one’s own or another’s negative personal Read More »