Knowledge@wharton

Here’s a piece of advice: Don’t read this story if you have just had a fight with your spouse or a co-worker. You will probably ignore it despite its grounding in solid academic research. At least that’s what Maurice Schweitzer a Wharton professor of operations and information management would suggest. In a recent co-authored paper he shows that emotions not only influence people’s receptiveness to advice but they do so even when the emotions have no link to the advice or the adviser. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.