Valuing time: Moderate download times can improve online goal pursuit

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-245

  Sellier, Anne Laure ^a   Chattopadhyay, Amitava ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

E commerce; Information search; Motivation; Regulatory fit; Self regulation; Time perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349141485     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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