The attitude behavior relationship: A test of three models of the moderating role of behavioral difficulty

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 186-207

  Kaiser, Florian G ^a,b   Schultz, P Wesley ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58449103237     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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