Revisiting the self-interest versus values debate: The role of temporal perspective

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1155-1158

  Hunt, Corrie V ^a   Kim, Anita ^a   Borgida, Eugene ^a   Chaiken, Shelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Construal level; Self interest; Social attitudes; Symbolic politics; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956617050     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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