The relationship between task complexity and information search: The role of self-efficacy

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-270

  Jing, Hu ^a,c   Huhmann, Bruce A ^b   Hyman, Michael R ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947413550     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20160     Document Type: Article

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