Some empirical evidence for ecological dissonance theory

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 415-420

  Miller, Duane I ^a   Verhoek Miller, Nancy ^b   Giesen, J Martin ^b   Wells Parker, Elisabeth ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034169384     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.2.415     Document Type: Article

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