Guilt and giving: A process model of empathy and efficacy

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-23

  Basil, Debra Z ^a   Ridgway, Nancy M ^b   Basil, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

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EID: 38149082601     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20200     Document Type: Article

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