The slime effect: Suspicion and dislike of likeable behavior toward superiors.
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyPublished 1 April 1998
Roos Vonk
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An actor who is likeable toward superiors and dislikeable toward subordinates is judged as extremely dislikeable and slimy (Experiments 1 and 2). Subsequent experiments addressed several theoretical accounts of this slime effect. Likeable behaviors toward superiors induce suspicion of ulterior motiv
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