E-signatures do save money, paper, and time, but in exchange for speed they might sacrifice that trace of ourselves an autograph is supposed to represent. In a new paper, management scholar Eileen Chou of the University of Virginia reports that the "weaker self-presence" of digital signatures might have an "unintentional—but critical—consequence": dishonesty. Chou backs her claim with a series of seven (count ‘em, seven) clever tests in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology....
Fascinating research project looking at electronic signatures versus old-fashioned hand signed signatures and the implications. Thoughtful reading. 9/10