Does it make a difference who tells you what to do? Exploring the effect of social agency on psychological reactance

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Roubroeks, Maaike ^a   Midden, Cees ^a   Ham, Jaap ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy conservation behavior; Psychological reactance; Social agency; Social influence

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN; AGENCY THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE; ROBOTIC AGENTS; SOCIAL AGENCY; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

ROBOTICS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 70049097264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1541948.1541970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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