Automatic normative behavior in environments: The moderating role of conformity in activating situational norms

Social Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 447-464

  Aarts, Henk ^a   Dijksterhuis, Ap ^b   Custers, Ruud ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 2042489674     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.21.6.447.28687     Document Type: Article

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