Regret and Responsibility Resolved? Evaluation Ordonez and Connolly's (2000) Conclusions.

M. Zeelenberg, W.W. van Dijk, A.S.R. Manstead

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    Abstract

    T. Connolly, L. D. Ordo;aan;atez, and R. Coughlan (1997, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 70, 73-85) argued, on the basis of 5 experiments, that regret need not be related to a sense of responsibility for the regretted outcome. We (M. Zeelenberg, W. W. van Dijk, & A. S. R. Manstead, 1998, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 74, 254-272) showed in 2 experiments that this conclusion was premature, because it was based on an indirect measure of regret (i.e., overall happiness with the decision outcome). When regret was directly measured, the predicted effects of responsibility were found. L. D. Ordo;aan;atez and T. Connolly (2000, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 81, 132-142) replicated our findings in 2 experiments. Based on their findings they arrived at 4 conclusions. In this rejoinder we first discuss Ordóñez and Connolly's new studies and we then discuss the validity of their 4 conclusions. © 2000 Academic Press.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)143-154
    Number of pages12
    JournalOrganizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
    Volume81
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2000

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