Elastic Justification: How Tempting but Task-Irrelevant Factors Influence Decisions

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 330-337

  Hsee, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 58149320313     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1995.1054     Document Type: Article

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