Why some hate to dilly-dally and others do not: The arousal-invoking capacity of decision-making for low-and high-scoring need for closure individuals

Social Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-346

  Roets, Arne ^a,b   Van Hiel, Alain ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Developmental Personality and Social Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 61449166956     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2008.26.3.333     Document Type: Article

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