Self-concept clarity and the foot-in-the-door procedure

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-86

  Burger, Jerry M ^a   Guadagno, Rosanna E ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037288573     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324834BASP2501_6     Document Type: Article

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