Ego depletion reduces proselfs' concern with the well-being of others

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-239

  Balliet, Daniel ^a   Joireman, Jeff ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Ego depletion; Self regulation; Social value orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649323656     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430209353634     Document Type: Article

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