Foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face: A comparative meta-analytic study

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-128

  Pascual, Alexandre ^a   Guéguen, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

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EID: 15544363885     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.96.1.122-128     Document Type: Article

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