Company, Country, Connections: Counterfactual Origins Increase Organizational Commitment, Patriotism, and Social Investment

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1479-1486

  Ersner Hershfield, Hal ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^a   Kray, Laura J ^b   King, Brayden G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

counterfactual reflection; organizational commitment; origins; patriotism; poignancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; E-MAIL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 78649985210     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610382123     Document Type: Article

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