Overcoming procrastination: The effect of implementation intentions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 366-384

  Owens, Shane Gregory ^a,b   Bowman, Christine G ^a   Dill, Charles A ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 38349124485     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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