Vanessa K. Bohns

Cornell University

Associate Professor

394 Ives Faculty Bldg

Ithaca, NY 14853

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

19

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6

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Scholarly Papers (19)

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The Voluntariness of Voluntary Consent: Consent Searches and the Psychology of Compliance

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 128, No. 7, 2019, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-016
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 23 May 2019 Last Revised: 25 May 2021
Roseanna Sommers and Vanessa K. Bohns
University of Michigan Law School and Cornell University
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Consent Searches and Underestimation of Compliance: Robustness to Type of Search, Consequences of Search, and Demographic Sample

U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-006, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 24-006
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2024
Roseanna Sommers and Vanessa K. Bohns
University of Michigan Law School and Cornell University
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A Helping Hand is Hard at Work: Help-Seekers’ Underestimation of Helpers’ Effort

D. Newark, Vanessa K. Bohns, F. Flynn. 2017. A helping hand is hard at work: Help-seekers’ underestimation of helper effort. , Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes . 139:18-29.
Posted: 31 Mar 2017
Daniel Newark, Vanessa K. Bohns and Francis J. Flynn
HEC Paris, Cornell University and Columbia University - Columbia Business School

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Prosocial behavior, help-seeking, helping, compliance, egocentrism, guilt

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Ask in Person: You're Less Persuasive than You Think Over Email

M. Roghanizad, Vanessa K. Bohns. 2017. Ask in person: You're less persuasive than you think over email, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology . 69:223-226.
Posted: 31 Mar 2017
Mahdi Roghanizad and Vanessa K. Bohns
University of Waterloo and Cornell University

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Computer mediated communication, social influence, compliance, persuasion, email, egocentrism

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For a Dollar, Would You...? How (We Think) Money Affects Compliance with Our Requests

Bohns, V. K., Newark, D. Xu, A. (2016). For a dollar, would you…? How (we think) money influences compliance with our requests. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 134, 45-62.
Posted: 02 May 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns, Daniel Newark and Amy Xu
Cornell University, HEC Paris and University of Waterloo

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Compliance, Money, Morality, Prosocial Behavior, Social Influence, Behavioral Economics, Unethical Behavior

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Implicit Theories of Attraction

Bohns, V. K., Scholer, A. S. & Rehman, U. (2015). Implicit theories of attraction. Social Cognition, 33, 284-307.
Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns and Abigail A. Scholer
Cornell University and Independent

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(Mis)Understanding Our Influence Over Others: A Review of the Underestimation-of-Compliance Effect

Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 119-123, 2016
Posted: 06 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 03 May 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns
Cornell University

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Underestimating Our Influence Over Others’ Unethical Behavior and Decisions

Bohns, V. K., Roghanizad, M. & Xu, A. (2014). Underestimating our influence over others’ unethical behavior and decisions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 348-362.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns, Mahdi Roghanizad and Amy Xu
Cornell University, University of Waterloo and University of Waterloo

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Underestimating Our Influence Over Others at Work

Bohns, V. K. & Flynn, F. J. (2013). Underestimating our influence over others at work. Research in Organizational Behavior, 33, 97-112.
Posted: 17 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns and Francis J. Flynn
Cornell University and Columbia University - Columbia Business School

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Once Bitten, Twice Shy: The Effect of a Past Refusal on Expectations of Future Compliance

Newark, D., Flynn, F. & Bohns, V. K. (2014). Once bitten, twice shy: The effect of a past refusal on expectations of future compliance. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 218-225.
Posted: 20 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Daniel Newark, Francis J. Flynn and Vanessa K. Bohns
HEC Paris, Columbia University - Columbia Business School and Cornell University

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Helping, Help-seeking, Prosocial Behavior, Compliance, Egocentrism, Social Influence

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Regulatory Focus and Interdependent Economic Decision-Making

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Forthcoming, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2177557
Posted: 20 Nov 2012
Vanessa K. Bohns, Jun Gu and Geoffrey J. Leonardelli
Cornell University, Monash University - Department of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

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regulatory focus, economic outcomes, relative value, absolute value, interdependence, social orientations

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Guilt by Design: Structuring Organizations to Elicit Guilt as an Affective Reaction to Failure

Bohns, V. K. & Flynn, F. J. (2013). Guilt by design: Structuring organizations to elicit guilt as an affective reaction to failure. Organization Science, 24, 1157-1173.
Posted: 12 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns and Francis J. Flynn
Cornell University and Columbia University - Columbia Business School

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Opposites Fit: Regulatory Focus Complementarity and Relationship Well-Being

Social Cognition, Forthcoming
Posted: 26 Mar 2012
Vanessa K. Bohns
Cornell University

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close relationships, complementarity, coordination, regulatory focus, self-regulation

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It Hurts When I Do this (or You Do that): Posture and Pain Tolerance

Bohns, V. K. & Wiltermuth, S. S. (2012). It hurts when I do this (or you do that): Posture and pain tolerance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 341-345.
Posted: 29 May 2011 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns and Scott S. Wiltermuth
Cornell University and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Complementarity, embodiment, power

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Are Social Prediction Errors Universal? Predicting Compliance with a Direct Request Across Cultures

Bohns, V. K., Handgraaf, M. J. J., Sun, J. M., Aaldering, H., Mao, C., & Logg, J. (2011). Are social prediction errors universal? Predicting compliance with a direct request across cultures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 676-680
Posted: 12 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Cornell University, Wageningen University and Research (WUR) - Economics of Consumers and Households, Renmin University of China, University of Amsterdam, Renmin University of China and Columbia University

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Liking the Same Things, But Doing Things Differently: Outcome Versus Strategic Compatibility in Partner Preferences for Joint Tasks

Bohns, V. K. & Higgins, E. T. (2011). Liking the same things, but doing things differently: Outcome versus strategic compatibility in partner preferences for joint tasks. Social Cognition, 29, 497-527.
Posted: 12 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns and E. Tory Higgins
Cornell University and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management

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Good Lamps are the Best Police: Darkness Increases Dishonesty and Self-Interested Behavior

Zhong, C., Bohns, V. K. & Gino, F. (2010). Good lamps are the best police: Darkness increases self-interested behavior and dishonesty. Psychological Science, 21, 311-314.
Posted: 06 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Chen-Bo Zhong, Vanessa K. Bohns and Francesca Gino
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Cornell University and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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'Why Didn’t You Just Ask?' Underestimating the Discomfort of Help-Seeking

Bohns, V. K. & Flynn, F. J. (2010). Why didn’t you just ask? Underestimating the discomfort of help-seeking. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 402-409.
Posted: 06 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Vanessa K. Bohns and Francis J. Flynn
Cornell University and Columbia University - Columbia Business School

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Help-seeking, Prosocial behavior, Egocentrism

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If You Need Help, Just Ask: Underestimating Compliance with Direct Requests for Help

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 128-143, 2008
Posted: 05 Feb 2010
Francis J. Flynn and Vanessa K. Bohns
Columbia University - Columbia Business School and Cornell University

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Helping Behavior, Help Seeking, Compliance, Interpersonal Relations