@Katee_Min

Assistant Professor of Marketing @wheatoncollege

sites.google.com/site/kateemin
Joined September 2021
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Peggy Liu@peggyjliu18 Jul 2022
Sharing our write-up in @ConversationUS: Lost touch with someone? Reach out – your friend will likely appreciate it more than you think theconversation.com/lost-tou… @SoYonRim @Katee_Min @KatzPittBiz

Lost touch with someone? Reach out – your friend will likely appreciate it more than you think

It can feel risky to try reconnecting with people in our lives after falling out of touch – but fears of rejection are often overblown.

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Wheaton College Professor of Marketing, Kate Min, among researchers that identified "why we underestimate how much other people appreciate us reaching out to them, implicating a heightened focus on feelings of surprise as one explanation." Learn more here: nyti.ms/3PlKWdg
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"We found that people receiving the communication placed greater focus than those initiating the communication on the surprise element, and this heightened focus on surprise was associated with higher appreciation," ow.ly/x0VV50JTlaC via @physorg_com

Friends enjoy being reached out to more than we think

People consistently underestimate how much others in their social circle might appreciate an unexpected phone call, text or email just to say hello, and the more surprising the connection, the...

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Kate E. Min retweeted
Peggy Liu@peggyjliu11 Jul 2022
Excited to share new research forthcoming at JPSP @APA_Journals and summarized in today’s @nytimes article. nytimes.com/2022/07/11/well/… @KatzPittBiz @Pitt_Business @PittTweet @Katee_Min

Text Your Friends. It Matters More Than You Think. (Published 2022)

New research says most of us underestimate the power of the casual check-in.

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Kate E. Min retweeted
Peggy Liu@peggyjliu17 Nov 2021
Why do we sometimes hesitate to disclose personal insecurities to friends, even preferring to disclose to strangers instead? Our new paper on Reminder Avoidance at JPSP, coauthored with two of my closest friends, Soo Kim (NTU) & Kate Min (Wheaton) psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/…
Adam Grant
@AdamMGrant17 Nov 2021
Although friends usually give better support, sometimes it's easier to open up to strangers. New data: we hesitate to reveal our insecurities to friends to avoid the pain of being reminded of them. True friends don't remind you of your insecurities. They help you overcome them.
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