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Business Hugs Versus Handshakes

How common is it for you to greet the following individuals with a hug instead of a handshake in the United States?

PROFESSIONALS ARE MORE APT TO GREET COWORKERS WITH A HUG TODAY VERSUS FIVE YEARS AGO

20162011
VERY COMMON 10%7%
SOMEWHAT COMMON 44%23%
NOT COMMON AT ALL 22%57%
NEVER 23%13%

BUT HUGGING CLIENTS/BUSINESS CONTACTS REMAINS RARE

20162011
VERY COMMON 5%3%
SOMEWHAT COMMON 17%21%
NOT COMMON AT ALL 33%61%
NEVER 44%15%

Responses may not total 100 percent as some executives answered “Don’t know.”

Source: The Creative Group survey of more than 400 U.S. marketing and advertising executives

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