Mimicry for money: Behavioral consequences of imitation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-398

  van Baaren, Rick B ^a   Holland, Rob W ^a   Steenaert, Bregje ^a   van Knippenberg, Ad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Field experiment; Imitation; Mimicry; Pro social behavior; Restaurant; Tipping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038721421     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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