What happens when things go wrong? Retail sales explanations and their effects

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 553-572

  Dunning, Jarrad ^a   Pecotich, Anthony ^b   O'Cass, Aron ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 3042609732     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20019     Document Type: Article

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