The Unwitting Accomplice: How Organizations Enable Motivated Reasoning and Self-Serving Behavior

In this article, we demonstrate that individuals use motivated reasoning to convince themselves that their self-serving behavior is justified, which in turn affects the distribution of resources in business situations. Specifically, we explore how ambiguous contextual cues and individual beliefs can...

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Main Authors: Hernandez, M. (Author), Noval, L.J (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2019
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