A Prevention Focus: Networking Feels Like Dirty Work - Deepstash

A Prevention Focus: Networking Feels Like Dirty Work

  • Researchers examined how encouraging a promotion or prevention focus might influence people’s responses to networking. 
  • They looked at two different kinds of networking: spontaneous, unintentional networking and intentional, concerted glad-handing.

Results of various related studies showed that promotion focus results in fewer feelings of impurity, but a prevention focus has you reaching for a hand sanitizer.

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Dilbert cartoons and the Office are way too accurate.

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