Reflections on the history of attribution theory and research: People, personalities, publications, problems

Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-156

  Weiner, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; History of psychology; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849089852     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335.39.3.151     Document Type: Review

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