The role of confidence in attitude-intention and beliefs-attitude relationships

International Journal of Advertising

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 863-880

  Bergkvist, Lars ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77149173491     PISSN: 02650487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2501/S026504870920093X     Document Type: Article

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