How formulating implementation plans and remembering past actions facilitate the enactment of effortful decisions

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-364

  Dholakia, Utpal M ^a,d   Bagozzi, Richard P ^b   Gopinath, Mahesh ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effortful decision making; Goal striving; Implementation plans and intentions; Motivation and decision making; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348960880     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.562     Document Type: Article

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