managers in the organization require the right information to decide. sometimes those around the manager may avoid providing correct but disturbing information to the manager who may be deceived by the false praise. flattery destroys confidence and demeans the flattered. it also hurts the flatterer by destroying his or her credibility and integrity. in islamic and literary texts there are many ...

A laboratory experiment examines the claims that (1) humans are susceptible to flattery from computers and (2) the effects of flattery from computers are the same as the effects of flattery from humans. In a cooperative task with a computer, subjects (N"41) received one of three types of feedback from a computer: ‘‘sincere praise’’, ‘‘flattery’’ (insincere praise) or ‘‘generic feedback’’. Compa...

An experiment examines the claims that players are (1) susceptible to flattery and praise from a video game, (2) that the effects are similar to flattery and praise from humans and (3) that flattery and praise can impair a player's performance. In two playsessions participants (N = 42) were asked to play a casual video game. Half of the participants were only exposed to the original game sounds...

This research uses a dual attitudes perspective to offer new insights into flattery and its consequences. The authors show that even when flattery by marketing agents is accompanied by an obvious ulterior motive that leads targets to discount the proffered compliments, the initial favorable reaction (the implicit attitude) continues to coexist with the discounted evaluation (the explicit attitu...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT Several studies have shown that the target of flattery evaluates the flatterer positively, because people have a basic desire to believe good things about themselves (e.g., Vonk 2002). Recent research, however, suggests a caveat. Namely, when people are aware of an ulterior motive (e.g., the consumer who suspects that a salesperson is offering a compliment just to close the sa...

This study considers the potentially negative consequences for corporate leaders of being subjected to high levels of ingratiation in the form of flattery and opinion conformity from other managers and board members. Chief executive officers (CEOs) who have acquired positions of relatively high social status in the corporate elite tend to be attractive targets of flattery and opinion conformity...

This research investigates how observers react when they see someone else being given a compliment that is flattering but that appears sincere. Prior work suggests that to the extent the compliment is perceived to be genuine, observers will not judge the source negatively. Merging insights from social comparison research and dual attitudes theory, this article presents a novel conceptualization...