Imperial College London
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Dr Laura J. Noval

Business School

Visiting Researcher
 
 
 
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Business School BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

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@article{Noval:2016:10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.12.004,
author = {Noval, LJ},
doi = {10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.12.004},
journal = {Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes},
pages = {1--16},
title = {On the misguided pursuit of happiness and ethical decision making: The roles of focalism and the impact bias in unethical and selfish behavior},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.12.004},
volume = {133},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - An important body of research in the field of behavioral ethics argues that individuals behave unethically and selfishly because they want to obtain desired outcomes, such as career advancement and monetary rewards. Concurrently, a large body of literature in social psychology has shown that the subjective value of an outcome is determined by its anticipated emotional impact. Such impact has been consistently found to be overestimated both in its intensity and in its duration (i.e. impact bias) due to focalism (i.e. excessive focus on the desired outcome). Across four empirical studies, this investigation demonstrates that reducing focalism and thereby attenuating the impact bias in regards to desired outcomes decreases people’s tendency to engage in both unethical and selfish behavior to obtain those outcomes.
AU  - Noval,LJ
DO  - 10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.12.004
EP  - 16
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 0749-5978
SP  - 1
TI  - On the misguided pursuit of happiness and ethical decision making: The roles of focalism and the impact bias in unethical and selfish behavior
T2  - Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.12.004
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000373548000001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749597816000029?via%3Dihub
VL  - 133
ER  -
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