Abstract
Ask most people, and they will say they can tell something about a person by his or her handshake. This isn’t just a fable but a true occurrence: people can tell something about a person by shaking his or her hand. The epitome of a good handshake is the “firm handshake”; it conveys something meaningful about the person you are meeting and paves the way for a good experience. But do people really still shake hands or is this an outdated convention? As it turns out, a handshake is something people are afraid of; because they’re not sure how or when to offer it, they’re afraid of making a bad impression. After all, when you receive a bad handshake, it can color your experience with the person you just met.
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Edwards, K. (2016). The Old-Fashioned Touch. In: Hello!. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137489715_11
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