Choice-Process Satisfaction: The Influence of Attribute Alignability and Option Limitation

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-214

  Zhang, Shi ^a   Fitzsimons, Gavan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038669350     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1999.2821     Document Type: Article

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