When and how communicated guilt affects contributions in public good dilemmas

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-23

  Wubben, Maarten J J ^a   De Cremer, David ^a   Dijk, Eric van ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communicated emotion; Guilt; Provision point; Public good dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749133330     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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