Elevating norm over substance: Self-monitoring as a predictor of decision criteria and decision time among independent voters

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 321-336

  Girvan, Erik J ^a   Weaver, Jason ^a   Snyder, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650106533     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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