Spontaneous trait inferences and organisational actions: The formation of organisation personality perceptions

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-149

  Risavy, Stephen D ^a   Komar, Shawn ^b   Brown, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cued recall paradigm; Lexical decision task; Organisation personality perceptions; Spontaneous trait inferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955672773     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018039     Document Type: Article

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