Decision-making styles in a real-life decision: Choosing a college major

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 629-639

  Galotti, Kathleen M ^a   Ciner, Elizabeth ^a   Altenbaumer, Hope E ^a   Geerts, Heather J ^a   Rupp, Allison ^a   Woulfe, Julie ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective reactions to decisions; Decision making; Decision making styles; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745820306     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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