Mindlessness Revisited: Sequential Request Techniques Foster Compliance by Draining Self-control Resources

Current Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-246

  Fennis, Bob M ^a   Janssen, Loes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compliance; Mindlessness; Persuasion; Self regulatory resource depletion; Social influence techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956615569     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-010-9082-x     Document Type: Article

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