Why Is Tipping "Cheaper by the Bunch": Diffusion or Just Deserts?
- 2 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 2 (3) , 307
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014616727600200322
Abstract
It was concluded in a recently-published study that the percentage amount of a restaurant tip decreases as the number of persons at a table increases,because of diffusion of responsibility. The validity of this explanation is questioned. Theoretical and methodological alternatives are suggested.Keywords
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- Diffusion of Responsibility and Restaurant Tipping: Cheaper by the BunchPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1975