Conflict of competences, counterfactual thinking, and performance

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Selimbegovic, Leila ^a   Quiamzade, Alain ^b   Chatard, Armand ^b   Mugny, Gabriel ^b   Fluri, Daphne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conflict of competences; Counterfactual thinking; Performance; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548425014     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.66.3.153     Document Type: Article

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