The influence of need for closure on consumer's choice behaviour

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 703-727

  Vermeir, Iris ^a   Van Kenhove, Patrick ^b   Hendrickx, Hendrik ^b  

^a Research Centre for Consumer Psychology and Marketing   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Choice behaviour; Decision making; Information processing; Information seeking; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036888156     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00135-6     Document Type: Article

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