The moderating influence of perceived importance on rejected helpers' reactions

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-210

  Cheuk, Wai Hing ^b   Rosen, Sidney ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038877052     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp1802_6     Document Type: Article

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