Expectancy X Value Effects: Regulatory Focus as Determinant of Magnitude and Direction

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 447-458

  Shah, James ^a   Higgins, E Tory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031228317     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.3.447     Document Type: Article

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