Sunk Cost, Emotion, and Commitment to Education

Current Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-356

  Coleman, Martin D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Education; Emotion; Sunk cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650187042     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-010-9094-6     Document Type: Article

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