Is cleanliness next to godliness? The role of housekeeping in impression formation

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-101

  Harris, Paul B ^a   Sachau, Daniel ^b  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home environment; Housekeeping; Identity display; Impression formation; Personality traits; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY;

EID: 11344277316     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916504266803     Document Type: Article

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