Resumen de Ambivalence and reputation stability: : An experimental investigation on the effects of new information
Simone Mariconda, Francesco Lurati
This paper explores how the degree of underlying ambivalence toward a certain organization influences the stability of people’s reputation judgments when new information is provided as well as how this information, in turn, influences people’s sense of ambivalence. Results from one experiment demonstrate that individuals who are highly ambivalent toward an organization display a greater amount of change in reputational judgments when exposed to new information (either positive or negative) compared with those who are less ambivalent. The results also indicate that ambivalence scores change significantly after people are exposed to new information, suggesting that people use new information to diminish their sense of ambivalence when possible. Taken together, the results of the study suggest novel theoretical and practical implications for reputation management.
