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Israel were asked to imagine they were

getting married in a few months and

had to finalize arrangements with a catering

company for the wedding reception.

This “meeting” took place by

video.

Some of the students were shown a

video in which the business manager

was friendly and smiley; the others saw

a video featuring an irritable and antagonistic

manager. But the caterer’s message

was the same in both cases. Another

couple was interested in the same

wedding date. The price had gone up.

Take it or leave it.

The students from Hong Kong reacted

very differently from the Israeli

students. The Asians were far more

likely to accept a proposal from the

friendly business manager than from

the hostile one; only 14 percent were

willing to work with the difficult

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