Making a good decision: Value from fit

American Psychologist

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1217-1230

  Higgins, E Tory ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION MAKING; GOALS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0034332318     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.55.11.1217     Document Type: Article

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