Softening the Blow: Company Self-Disclosure of Negative Information Lessens Damaging Effects on Consumer Judgment and Decision Making

Is self-disclosure of negative information a viable strategy for a company to lessen the damage done to consumer responses? Three experiments assessed whether self-disclosing negative information in itself lessened the damaging impact of this information compared to third-party disclosure of the sam...

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Authors: Fennis, Bob M. (Author) ; Stroebe, Wolfgang (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2014
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 120, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-120
Further subjects:B Company trustworthiness beliefs
B Consumer behavior
B Judgment and decision making
B Social influence processes
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