Limited time perspective, values, and greed: Imagining a limited future reduces avarice in extrinsic people

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-408

  Cozzolino, Philip J ^a   Sheldon, Kennon M ^b   Schachtman, Todd R ^b   Meyers, Lawrence S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic; Greed; Growth; Intrinsic; Limited time; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949130104     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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