The Influence of Alternative Outcomes on Gut-Level Perceptions of Certainty

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 109-134

  Windschitl, Paul D ^a   Young, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0000512079     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2934     Document Type: Article

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