A little thanks goes a long way: explaining why gratitude expressions motivate prosocial behavior

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44. The Influence of Work Motivation on Turnover Intention among Gen Y Employees
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52. Moral Licensing and Cleansing Theory: A Study in Decision-Making, Morality and Interaction
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53. The Effects of Up-Regulated Happiness on Others' Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Cultural Thinking Style
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54. Gratitude as a Mechanism by which Agreeable Individuals Maintain Good Quality Interpersonal Relationships
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55. Relational Thriving in Context: Examining the Roles of Gratitude, Affectionate Touch, and Positive Affective Variability in Health and Well-Being
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57. Neural and computational models of gratitude and pride
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58. Greedy or Grateful? Asking for More When Thanking Donors
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59. Expressions of Gratitude Applied to Business: A Lesson for Managing Online Reviews
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60. Temporal associations between civic action and character strengths: A daily diary study
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61. Grateful or slimy? The influence of social hierarchy on the witness-recipient difference in perceptions of authentic gratitude
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67. Words and Action: Measuring Interpersonal Expressions of Gratitude
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73. Dyadic Outcomes of Gratitude Exchange between Family Caregivers and their Siblings
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84. What influence gratitude? The effects of type of benefactor, sense of entitlement and downward counterfactual thought
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85. Gratitude and Prosocial Behaviour Among Preservice Preschool Teachers
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98. Changing for You, for Me: Gratitude Promotes Autonomous Motivation to Make Partner-requested Changes
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99. The Phenomenological Claims of Gratitude as a Religious Experience and Its Moral Worth
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100. Non-Competitive Wage-Setting as a Cause of Unfriendly and Inefficient Leadership
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