http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/social-norms Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:28:54 -0400 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:28:54 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1316/foodservice-experience-and-tipping-behavior-further-evidence-of-wage-inequality-between-tipped-and-non-tipped-workers By Katherine S. Fisher - This study focuses on the relationship between prior foodservice experience and a person’s tipping behavior. Using data from a survey of 500 University of Maryland undergraduate students, an analysis is completed by regressing restaurant experience and waiting experience on perceived average tip percentage while controlling for gender and ethnicity. A positive, significant relationship is found between the two independent variables regarding work experience and the dependent variable. This research is an attempt to illustrate the wage-inequality between tipped workers and non-tipped workers... Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:28 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1316/foodservice-experience-and-tipping-behavior-further-evidence-of-wage-inequality-between-tipped-and-non-tipped-workers http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/944/what-determines-the-success-of-first-dates-psycho-social-factors-that-impact-mate-choice-in-pre-mating-encounters By Lukas Holschuh - First dates are social phenomena of sexual selection. Successful mating depends not only on assortative mating, but also on interpersonal and situational factors that lead to a positive result in pre-mating encounters. To examine the factors that influence the success of pre-mating encounters, this study analyzes public texts on the success of first dates. Themes were identified in five accounts of ordinary people found online using keywords. This and other research reveals that first dates seem to serve the purpose of testing if a particular romantic relationship is both possible and desirable... Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:23 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/944/what-determines-the-success-of-first-dates-psycho-social-factors-that-impact-mate-choice-in-pre-mating-encounters http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/922/how-much-should-i-tip-restaurant-tipping-behavior-as-a-result-of-prior-foodservice-experience By Katherine S. Fisher - Tipping is a customary practice in the U.S., but many have questioned why customers are so willing to give money away to a server in the foodservice industry. Previous literature has explored factors that influence tipping behavior, such as social norms, age, gender, ethnicity, and intrinsic and self-presentational reasoning. This study observes a relationship between tipping behavior and prior employment in the foodservice industry. Using survey data from 500 University of Maryland students, the study finds that those who have worked as a waiter or waitress believe that the average tipping percentage... Mon, 06 Oct 2014 11:32 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/922/how-much-should-i-tip-restaurant-tipping-behavior-as-a-result-of-prior-foodservice-experience