Giving people the words to say no leads them to feel freer to say yes

Abstract We examine how to structure requests to help people feel they can say no (or yes) more voluntarily. Specifically, we examine the effect of having the requester provide the request-target with an explicit phrase they can use to decline requests. Part of the difficulty of saying no is finding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rachel Schlund, Roseanna Sommers, Vanessa K. Bohns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50532-3