Self-activation is a two-edged sword: The effects of I primes on cooperation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 769-776

  Utz, Sonja ^a,b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Independent self construal; Self activation; Social value orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344664902     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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