According to Benjamin Rogers, the lead author of the abovementioned study, “People use flattery—giving compliments and praise to make the other person like them for personal gain—because it ...

It was sent to me by a journal with a suspicious title and publisher, with three paragraphs of copious praise piled onto ... we live in an era of insincere flattery. Flattery that is trivially ...

When performance lags, however, the praise and opinion support from subordinates tends to continue. The CEO, affected by the flattery, remains convinced that the strategy is a good one, and so stays ...

Tocqueville would find 21st century Americans still seeking flattery from others and flattering themselves. This appetite for praise was not a credit to the American character in the 1830s.