No control, no drive: How noise may undermine conservation behavior in a commons dilemma

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 810-822

  Brucks, Wernher M ^a   Van Lange, Paul A M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 49849093550     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.478     Document Type: Article

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