Regret and Responsibility: A Reply to Zeelenberg et al. (1998)

Authors: Ordóñez L.D.; Connolly T.

Source: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Volume 81, Number 1, January 2000 , pp. 132-142(11)

Publisher: Academic Press

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Abstract:

M. Zeelenberg, W. W. van Dijk, and A. S. R. Manstead (1998, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 74, 254–272) recently reported an altered replication of our earlier study (T. Connolly, L. D. Ordóñez, & R. Coughlan, 1997, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 70, 73–85) concerning the effects of decision agency on regret and outcome evaluation. Our earlier study had found no such effect, but Zeelenberg et al. did. In two new experiments, we have largely confirmed Zeelenberg et al.'s result but have shown that, contrary to most theory, regret (a) can appear even in the absence of decision agency, (b) can be unrelated to outcome evaluations, and (c) may be more influenced by the experience of gains or losses from the status quo than by any decisional responsibility for those changes. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

Language: English

Document Type: Miscellaneous

Affiliations: University of Arizona:

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