The hot and cool of death awareness at work: Mortality cues, aging, and self-protective and prosocial motivations

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 600-622

  Grant, Adam M ^a,c   Wade Benzoni, Kimberly A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69949171511     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2009.44882929     Document Type: Review

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