Perceiving events as both inevitable and unforeseeable in hindsight: The Leipzig candidacy for the Olympics

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-160

  Blank, Hartmut ^a,b   Nestler, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMPETITIVE BIDDING; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SPORTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645932627     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X52326     Document Type: Article

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