When intentions go Public: Does social reality widen the intention-behavior gap?: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 612-618

  Gollwitzer, Peter M ^a,b   Sheeran, Paschal ^c   Michalski, Verena ^b   Seifert, Andrea E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 65549095489     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02336.x     Document Type: Article

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