Microcultural analysis of variation in sharing of causal reasoning about behavior

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 345-372

  Sirsi, Ajay K ^a   Ward, James C ^b   Reingen, Peter H ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030525677     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209455     Document Type: Article

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